waz

See also: waż, wąż, and Wąż

English

Noun

waz

Alternative form of wazz (“act of urination”)

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch was (“was”). Compare English was.

Verb

waz

was (third person singular past tense of the copula)
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
  Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]
  He was not content at home […]

Old High German

Alternative forms

whaz, hwaz, hwat

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. More at what.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /was/

Pronoun

waȥ

what

Descendants

Middle High German: waz, wat
- Alemannic German: waas, waa
- Central Franconian: wat
- Cimbrian: bas
- Hunsrik: was
- German: was
- Luxembourgish: wat
- Yiddish: וואָס‎ (vos)

References

Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vas/

Noun

waz f

genitive plural of waza

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