wuf

Vilamovian

wūf

Etymology

From Old High German wolf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with German Wolf.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wūf m (plural wūf)

1. wolf

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Alternative forms

• wof

Etymology

From Middle English wiff (“sheaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊɸ/

Noun

wuf

1. (figurative) gad (goad)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     A wuf is pa varreen.

     The gad is on the headland.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78