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Definitions and meaning of wos

wos

Translingual

Symbol

wos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hanga Hundi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hanga Hundi terms

English

Verb

wos

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.
2. (Mid-Ulster) was

Anagrams

• OSW, OWS, SOW, Sow, sow

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• wås

Etymology

From Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with German was, Silesian East Central German woas (was), Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːs/, /βɔːs/, [-ɔ-], [-o-], [-oː-]

Pronoun

wos

1. (interrogative) what

   Wos gibts'n heid z'Mittåg? ― What's for lunch today?

2. (relative) which (referring to the entire preceding clause)

   Sie is a guade Tänzerin, wos er bewundert. ― She is a good dancer, which he admires.

3. (relative) that, which (referring to des, ois, ollas, wos/wås, nix, and neuter substantival adjectives)

   Des is nix, wos ma ned repariern ko. ― This is nothing that you can't fix.

   Er håd ois gsågt, wos er waß. ― He has told everything that he knows.

4. (relative, chiefly East Central Bavarian) that, which, who, whom (referring to any term in the preceding clause)

   Synonym: (West Central) wo

   Des is de Frau, wos i gsehn håb. ― This is the woman who I saw.

   Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, wos då hintn is. ― Tickets are available at the counter which is back there.

5. (relative, East Central Bavarian) (inserted after the relative pronouns der, de, des, dem, den, dena, dera

   Synonym: (West Central) wo

   Des is de Frau, de wos i gsehn håb. ― This is the woman who I saw.

   Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, der wos då hintn is. ― Tickets are available at the counter which is back there.

6. (indefinite) something, anything

   I håb wos gfunden. ― I've found something.

7. (interrogative) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)

   Wos håst des gmåcht? ― Why on earth did you do that?

Catawba

Etymology

The word is related to wus, wuss (“wasp”).

Noun

wos

1. bee

Javanese

Romanization

wos

1. romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦱ꧀

Lower Sorbian

Noun

wos f (diminutive woska)

1. superseded spelling of wós

Declension

Middle English

Pronoun

wos

1. alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwos/

Noun

wos

1. reef

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• uurs (Mooring)
• Uurs (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian wars, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą.

Noun

wos m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) spring

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wōs, from Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English wāse (“marsh; mire”).

Noun

wōs n (nominative plural wōs)

1. juice, sap; moisture
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Declension

Strong a-stem:

Related terms

• wēsan

Descendants

• Middle English: wos, wose
  • English: ooze, wooze

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

wōs

1. genitive singular of wōh

Tok Pisin

Noun

wos

1. sentinel