whit pronoun what- whit wey how ☞ “Whitwey deu I get oot o here noo?”
- Whit wey hid? Why not? ☞ “Ah’m no gaan tae the toon the morn efter aal” ☞ “Whit wey hid?”
- whit a curtailed form of whit a lot o e.g. ☞ “Whit a kye in the mart the day” “What a lot of cattle in the mart today” ☞ “Whit o’clock is hid?” “What time is it?”
- whit time? when? ☞ “Whit time are yi gan oot?”
- whitan what ☞ “Whitan bonny flooers!”
- whit-like how? (especially in the common social greeting) ☞ “Whit like the day?” “How are you today?”
- whitna what? as in ☞ “Whitna man is that?”
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