英和和英

語源

From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from 古期英語 hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wɔɹv/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /wɔːv/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ʍɔɹv/

動詞

wharve (三人称単数 現在形 wharves, 現在分詞 wharving, 過去形 wharved または whorf, 過去分詞 wharved または whorven)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) to turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
   • “Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː

     It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

参照

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language