Wota

See also: wota and wōta

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German wāter, from Old Saxon water, from Proto-West Germanic *watar.

Noun

Wota n

1. water
   • 2003, De Bibel, Mose I (Genesis) 1:9:

     Un Gott säd: Lot daut Wota unja däm Himmel sikj opp eene Städ saumlen, un lot doa drieejet Launt väakomen. Un daut wia soo.

     And God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. And it was so.

Derived terms

• Aufgankwota (swill, drainage)
• bewotren (to water)
• Boajwota (spring runoff)
• Drinkjeswota (potable water)
• Kjietawota (slop, swill)
• Kjneewota (water on the knee)
• Räajenwota (rainwater)
• Schneewota (snow water)
• Wauschwota (water for laundering)
• Wotablos (water bubble)
• Wotaborm (well, spring)
• Wotafaul (waterfall)
• Wotakjätel (waterboiler)
• Wotakrauft (waterpower)
• Wotaloch (pond, waterhole)
• wotaloten (to make water)
• Wotastroom (stream of water)
• Wotavoagel (water bird)
• Wotawal (wave)
• wotren (to water)

See also

• wessren

References

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words (requires JavaScript)
• Isaias McCaffery, Wi Leahre Plautdietsch: A Beginner's Guide to Mennonite Low German (2008, →ISBN)