woh

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwoh/ [ˈwɔh]
  • Hyphenation: woh

Pronoun

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wóh

  1. that, those (masculine)

See also

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References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

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Romanization

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woh

  1. Romanization of ᬯ᭄ᬯᬄ
  2. Romanization of ᬯᭀᬄ

Javanese

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Romanization

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woh

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦃ

Middle English

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Noun

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woh

  1. Alternative form of wough

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz. Akin to Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unwāhs, blameless).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wōh

  1. wrong
  2. crooked, bent

Declension

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Noun

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wōh n

  1. wrong (something wrong or wrong things collectively)
    riht and wōh
    right and wrong
    • c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
      Sē þonne þe wilnaþ wōh tō dōnne, and wilnaþ þēah þæt þæs ōðre menn swīgiġen, hē þonne biþ him selfum ġewita þæt hē wilnaþ mā þæt hine man lufiġe þonne ryhtwīsnesse.
      Someone who wants to do wrong, but wants others to be silent about it, is their own witness that they want to be loved more than they want justice.
  2. error or an error; a mistake
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Ælfric's Preface to Grammar
      Miċel yfel dēþ sē unwrītere ġif hē nylle his wōh ġeryhtan.
      The bad writer does a lot of harm if he refuses to correct his mistakes.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: wough, wouȝh

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Old High German wehha, wohha, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (to bend, wind, turn, yield). Compare German Woche, English week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge.

Noun

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woh f (plural woha)

  1. week