See also:Woh
Afar
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editwóh
See also
editmasculine | feminine | |
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proximal to the speaker(s) | áh | táh |
proximal to the spoken to | amáh | tamáh |
distal | wóh | tóh |
very distal | wóttih |
References
edit- 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
editRomanization
editwoh
Javanese
editRomanization
editwoh
- Romanization ofꦮꦺꦴꦃ
Middle English
editNoun
editwoh
- Alternative form ofwough
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFromProto-West Germanic*wą̄h, fromProto-Germanic*wanhaz. Akin toGothic𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃(unwāhs,“blameless”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editwōh
- wrong
- late 9th century,King Alfred'stranslation ofBoethius'The Consolation of Philosophy
- Hit is ryht þæt man yfeliġe þā yfelan, and hit iswōh þæt hīe man lǣte unwītnode.
- It is right to hurt evil people, and it iswrong to let them go unpunished.
- late 9th century,King Alfred'stranslation ofBoethius'The Consolation of Philosophy
- crooked,bent
- late 9th century,King Alfred'stranslation ofPope Gregory'sPastoral Care
- Sē hæfþ tō miċele nosu and tōwō.
- His nose is too big and toocrooked.
- c. 900,Life of St. Guthlac
- Hīe hæfdonwō sċancan.
- They hadbowed legs.
- late 9th century,King Alfred'stranslation ofPope Gregory'sPastoral Care
Declension
editDeclension ofwōh — Strong
Declension ofwōh — Weak
Noun
editwōh n
- wrong (something wrong or wrong things collectively)
- riht andwōh
- right andwrong
- c. 897,King Alfred'stranslation ofPope Gregory'sPastoral Care
- Sē þonne þe wilnaþwōh 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 dowrong, but wants others to be silent about it, is their own witness that they want to be loved more than they want justice.
- error or anerror; amistake
- c. 995,Ælfric,Ælfric's Preface to Grammar
- Miċel yfel dēþ sē unwrītere ġif hē nylle hiswōh ġeryhtan.
- The bad writer does a lot of harm if he refuses to correct hismistakes.
- c. 995,Ælfric,Ælfric's Preface to Grammar
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | wōh | wōh |
accusative | wōh | wōh |
genitive | wōs | wōna |
dative | wō | wōm |
Descendants
editVilamovian
editEtymology
editFromOld High Germanwehha,wohha, fromProto-Germanic*wikǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*weyg-,*weyk-(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). CompareGermanWoche,Englishweek,West Frisianwike,Danishuge.
Noun
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