ватъ

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Solombala English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from English what.

Pronoun[edit]

ватъ (vat)

  1. what
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:
      Ватъ ю вантетъ, асей!
      Vat ju vantet, asej!
      What do you want, sailor!

References[edit]

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 94 of 93–98
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