different between oont vs oot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (???, “camel”), Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????????? (u??a), from Sanskrit ?????? (u??ra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel; buffalo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?nt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /??t/, /???/

Noun

oont (plural oonts)

1. (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) A camel. [from 19th c.]

Notes

Further reading

• “oont” in the Collins English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Toon, noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, tono-, toon

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?t

Pronoun

oot

1. (Tyneside) anything

Synonyms

• owt

Anagrams

• OTO, Oto, oto, oto-, too

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• alt (most dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German alt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t/

Adjective

oot (masculine aue, feminine au, comparative auer or äuer or älder, superlative et ootste or äutste or ältste)

1. (westernmost Ripuarian) old

Finnish

Verb

oot

1. (colloquial) second-person singular indicative present of olla

See also

• oon

Noun

oot

1. Nominative plural form of oo.

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?t/

Verb

oot

1. second-person singular indicative present active of olla

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1]

Scots

Etymology

From Old English ?t

Adverb

oot (not comparable)

1. out

Pronoun

oot

1. (South Scots) anything

Usage notes

A hypercorrection of owt, generally used by the younger generation.

Seri

Noun

oot (plural ootolc)

1. coyote