wor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wor"

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): /wɔː/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː

Determiner

wor

1. (Geordie) Our.

   If ye gannin oot 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

For pronunciation and definitions of wor – see 喎 (“Cantonese particle”). (This term is a variant form of 喎).

Chuukese

Verb

wor

1. to exist

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꃰ (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 wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːr/

Adverb

wor

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wore, ware

Etymology

From Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːr(ə)/

Noun

wor (uncountable)

1. The seashore, beach; sand (on a seashore).
2. seaweed (in sewor)

Descendants

• English: ware
• Scots: ware
• Yola: wore

References

• “wōr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.