wor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wor"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɔː/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

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.

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)

Etymology 2

From an altered pronunciation of was.

Verb

wor

1. (dialect, Northern England, East Midlands, West Country) Was; were.
   • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:

     “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

Anagrams

• Row, ORW, row, ROW

Abinomn

Noun

wor

1. stone

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo³ / wo⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo³ / wo⁵
    • Yale: wo / wóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo³ / wo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo³ / wo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː³³/, /wɔː¹³/

Particle

wor

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 喎 / 㖞 (particle)

Chuukese

Verb

wor

1. to exist

Javanese

Romanization

wor

1. Romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦂ

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
• Fingallian: blob-wore
• Scots: ware
• Yola: wore

References

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wor/
• Rhymes: -wor
• Hyphenation: wor

Adjective

wor

1. confused (of a battle),
2. engaged in battle,

Noun

wor

1. fighting hand-to-hand

Derived terms

• amor
• amorakĕn
• amori
• awor
• kawor-wor
• kaworan
• pamoran
• umor
• winor
• winorakĕn
• winoran

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦂ (wor) (inherited)

Further reading

• "wor" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.