different between wor vs wos

English

Etymology

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w??/

Determiner

wor

1. (Northern England, dialect) our.

   If ye gannin out the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

Usage notes

• Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.

Derived terms

• wor kid (Geordie)
• wor lass (Geordie)

Anagrams

• Row, row

Abinomn

Noun

wor

1. stone

Chinese

Chuukese

Verb

wor

1. to exist

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ? (vo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wo²¹]

Noun

wor 

1. (Yao'an) snow

Usage notes

• Used in compounds, the normal word for "snow" is wor lei a.

Low German

Alternative forms

• waar
• wo

Etymology

From Middle Low German w?r, w?r, w?r, from Old Saxon hw?r, from Proto-Germanic *hw?r, *hwar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??r/

Adverb

1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms

• woneem, 'neem

English

Verb

wos

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.
   • 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[1]:

     She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am.

Anagrams

• OSW, OWS, Sow, sow

Catawba

Etymology

The word is related to wus, wuss (“wasp”).

Noun

wos

1. bee

Lower Sorbian

Noun

wos f (diminutive woska)

1. Superseded spelling of wós.

Declension

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wo?s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *w?s?, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English w?se (“marsh; mire”).

Noun

w?s n (nominative plural w?s)

1. juice, sap; moisture

Declension

Related terms

• w?san

Descendants

• Middle English: wos, wose
  • English: ooze, wooze

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

w?s

1. genitive singular of w?h

Tok Pisin

Noun

wos

1. sentinel