wat
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wat/, /wɒt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
wat (plural wats)
- A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
- There are two wats near this village.
- Angkor Wat
- 1857, Sir John Bowring, The kingdom and people of Siam, volume 1, page 165:
- Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order to give the men a rest.
- 1982, Carlo Caldarola, Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, page 379:
- Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.
- 1996, James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page 194:
- It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]
- 1999, Steve Van Beek with Luca Invernizzi, The arts of Thailand, page 15:
- It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name
- 2003, Joshua Eliot with Jane Bickersteth, Thailand handbook, page 268:
- The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the wat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The wat has a small museum.
Translations
Buddhist temple
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See also
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Amharic ወጥ (wäṭ).
Noun
wat
- (cooking) A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- [1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.]
Etymology 3
Variation of what, used for humorous effect.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
- (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what
Adverb
wat (not comparable)
- (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what
Determiner
wat
- (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese *wat.
Noun
wat
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 (2009)
Etymology
From Dutch wat, from Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
- (interrogative, non-personal) what
- Coordinate term: (personal) wie
- Wat het julle gedrink? ― What did you guys drink?
- (relative, personal and non-personal, subject and object) who, whom, which, that
- die man wat hier woon ― the man who lives here
- die huis wat ons gebou het ― the house that we built
- (relative, personal and non-personal, with preposition stranding) who, which, that
- (relative, non-personal, before se) whose, of which
- Coordinate term: (personal) wie
- die land wat se president afgetree het ― the country whose president stepped down
Related terms
See also
| Afrikaans interrogative and relative pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| interrogative | relative | ||||
| personal | other | personal | other | ||
| subject / object | wie | wat | wat | ||
| possessive | wie se | wat se | wie se | wat se | |
| with preposition |
prepositioned | met wie | met wat | met wie | — |
| stranded | wat ... mee | wat … mee | |||
| adverbial | waarmee | waarmee | |||
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod, compare West Frisian wat, English what, German was, Danish hvad.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
- (interrogative) what: e.g. (1) asking for a subject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object
- (1) Wat is dat? — What is that?
- (2) Wat wil je doen? — What do you want to do?
- (relative) what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
- (1) Ik weet niet wat ik wil doen. — I don't know what I want to do.
- (2) Jij moet afblijven van wat jij daar ziet. — You must not touch what you see there.
- (relative) that: e.g. (1) modifying an indefinite pronoun like iets, niets, alles or het enige; (2) modifying an adjective that is used as a noun, usually a superlative
- (1) Geef mij maar alles wat eetbaar is. — Please give me everything that is edible.
- (2) Het duurste wat er was. — The most expensive that there was.
- (relative) which: e.g. (1) modifying the demonstrative pronouns dat and datgene; (2) referring back to an entire sentence
- (1) Hij nam precies datgene wat ik had gewild — He took exactly that which I had wanted.
- (2) Jantje deed het in z’n broek, wat zijn moeder in verlegenheid bracht. — John did it in his pants, which embarrassed his mother
- (indefinite) something: e.g. (1) as subject; (2) as subject complement
- (1) Daar loopt wat rond. — Something there is walking around.
- (2) Dat is aardig wat! — That is quite something! [i.e. "That is quite a lot!"]
Usage notes
This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart waar. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
A subclause following the relative pronoun wat is in SOV order.
Descendants
Determiner
wat
- some
- Ik wil graag wat kersen. ― I want some cherries please.
- (exclamative) what (a), such
- Wat een onzin! ― What nonsense!
Usage notes
With uncountable, or countable nouns.
Adverb
wat
- a bit, somewhat
- Synonyms: een beetje, een tikkeltje
- Hij doet dat wat onbedachtzaam. ― He does that somewhat unthoughtfully.
- (exclamative) how, so
- Wat leuk! ― How nice!
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Etymology
A regional form adopted into colloquial standard German. In western Germany from Central Franconian wat, from northern Middle High German wat, from northern Old High German hwat, an unshifted relict form possibly due to Frankish influence. In northern Germany from German Low German wat, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat. Doublet of was.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
- (colloquial, regional) alternative form of was
- Wat überlegste?
- What are you thinking?
Usage notes
- Although found in the native lects throughout northern and western Germany, the use of wat in colloquial standard German is most typical of the West (chiefly North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate). It is also heard in some parts of northern and north-eastern Germany, e.g. in and around Berlin. In all these regions, the forms wat and was are used in free variation.
Further reading
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
Etymology
From Old Dutch wat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
Descendants
Further reading
- “wat (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Etymology 1
Uncertain; possibly from wight.
Noun
wāt
- A person.
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Noun
wat
Etymology 3
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Verb
wat
References
- Middle English Dictionary, "wāt n.1", "wat n.2", & "wat".
Etymology
From Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat (accusative wēne or wen, dative wēme or wem, genitive wes)
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian hwet, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.
Pronoun
wat (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt, Mooring)
- what (which thing)
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian wit, from Proto-West Germanic *wit.
Pronoun
wat (dated on Sylt, elsewhere obsolete)
See also
| personal | possessive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject case | object case | singular referent |
plural referent | ||||||
| full | reduced | full | reduced | attributive | independent | ||||
| singular | 1st | ik | 'k | mi | min | minen | |||
| 2nd | dü | – | di | din | dinen | ||||
| 3rd m. | hi | 'r | höm | 'n | sin | sinen | |||
| 3rd f. | jü | 's | höör | 's | höör | höören | |||
| 3rd n. | hat | et, 't | höm | et, 't | sin | sinen | |||
| dual | 1st | wat | unk | unken | |||||
| 2nd | at | junk | junken | ||||||
| 3rd | jat | jam | 's | jaar | jaaren | ||||
| plural | 1st | wü | üüs | üüsen | |||||
| 2nd | i | juu | juuen | ||||||
| 3rd | ja | 's | jam | 's | jaar | jaaren | |||
| notes | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | ||||||||
Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwat.
Pronoun
wat
Descendants
Further reading
- “wat”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Pronunciation
Verb
wāt
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wadą, whence also Old English wæd, Old Norse vað (Icelandic vað).
Noun
wat n
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wat | wat |
| accusative | wat | wat |
| genitive | wates | wato |
| dative | wate | watum |
| instrumental | watu | — |
Declension of wat (neuter a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle High German: *wat, *wate (perhaps)
- German: Wate f (dialectal; may also be deverbal)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Named after Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist James Watt.
Noun
wat m inan
- watt (derived unit of power)
Usage notes
The alternative, colloquial genitive plural form wat is proscribed.
Declension
Declension of wat
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
wat f
Further reading
Pronunciation
Noun
wat m (plural wats)
- wat (a type of Buddhist temple common in Southeast Asia)
Etymology
Related to wet.
Adjective
wat (comparative watter, superlative wattest)
Adverb
wat
- what (interrogative)
Etymology
Noun
wat f
Etymology
From Old Frisian hwet, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wat
Further reading
- “wat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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