different between wot vs owt
wot
- See also: WOT
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (UK) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (US) enPR: wät, IPA(key): /w?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophones: watt, what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
Verb
wot (third-person singular simple present wots, present participle wotting, simple past and past participle wotted)
- (archaic) To know.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
- He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
- 1855, John Godfrey Saxe, Poems, Ticknor & Fields 1855, p. 121:
- She little wots, poor Lady Anne! Her wedded lord is dead.
- 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine" in Poems and Ballads, 1st Series, London: J. C. Hotten, 1866:
- They wot not who make thither […]
- 1889, William Morris, The Roots of the Mountains, Inkling Books 2003, p. 241:
- Then he cast his eyes on the road that entered the Market-stead from the north, and he saw thereon many men gathered; and he wotted not what they were […]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
Etymology 2
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
Verb
wot
- first-person singular present indicative of wit
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wit
Etymology 3
Representing pronunciation.
Interjection
wot
- Pronunciation spelling of what.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
- Then, wot with undertakers, and wot with parish clerks, and wot with sextons, and wot with private watchmen (all awaricious and all in it), a man wouldn't get much by it, even if it was so.
- (popular slogan during wartime rationing)
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
Etymology 4
Adverb
wot (not comparable)
- (Singlish) Alternative form of wat (used to contradict an assumption)
Anagrams
- OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, owt, tow, two
Kriol
Etymology
From English what.
Pronoun
wot
- (interrogative) what
Synonyms
- wani/wanim
Lower Sorbian
Preposition
wot (with genitive)
- Superseded spelling of wót.
Middle English
Verb
wot
- first/third-person singular present indicative of witen
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English ward.
Noun
wot
- ward
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owt
English
Etymology
From Old English ?uht, ?uhtes; see aught.
Pronunciation
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /a?t/
- Homophone: out
- Rhymes: -a?t
- (English Midlands) IPA(key): /??t/
- Homophone: oat
- Rhymes: -??t
Pronoun
owt
- (Northern England) aught, anything
Noun
owt (uncountable)
- (Northern England) anything
Adverb
owt (not comparable)
- (Northern England) anything
See also
- nowt
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
Anagrams
- OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, tow, two, wot
Scots
Etymology
From Old English ?wiht, ?wihtes, see aught.
Pronoun
owt
- aught
Noun
owt (uncountable)
- anything
See also
- nowt
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