what'nwhattenadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɒt(ə)n/,

/ˈhwɒt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wəd(ə)n/,

/ˈ(h)wɑd(ə)n/, Scottish English

/ˈhwɔt(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s quhaten, quhattane, quhattin(e, whattin, 1800s whaten, whatan, whatten. Also β. (with indef. article) what'n a, whatna.

Etymology: Reduced form of whatkin adj.; compare that'n adv., thissen adv.

Scottish and northern dialect.

Properly, What kind of; hence, what.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > indicating questions

whicheOE

whata1000

whatkina1300

what donesc1330

what'na1510

a1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. 245 Quhat will ȝe saye me now for quhaten plycht?

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxviii. 16 Quhattane ane glaikit fule am I.

1561 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 57 Quhattin a Papist I am in this samin ruid Buik of Questionis..I tak on hand to preue..the maist haly Martyris,..to hef bene the samin Papistis.

1600 Maydes Metamorphosis iii. ii Priapus quoth a? Whattin a God might that bee?

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 I wish I had whaten books ye wanted.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whatten o'clock is't?

1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 157 And whatten a bed for me?

β. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 320 But what na day o' what na style, I doubt its hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi' Robin.1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 214 But whatna wife's this, wi' her creel on her back?1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy ix Think, oot o' whatna pit the laddie has been digged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	whatn
释义	what'nwhattenadj. Brit. /ˈwɒt(ə)n/, /ˈhwɒt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wəd(ə)n/, /ˈ(h)wɑd(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈhwɔt(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s quhaten, quhattane, quhattin(e, whattin, 1800s whaten, whatan, whatten. Also β. (with indef. article) what'n a, whatna. Etymology: Reduced form of whatkin adj.; compare that'n adv., thissen adv. Scottish and northern dialect. Properly, What kind of; hence, what. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > indicating questions whicheOE whata1000 whatkina1300 what donesc1330 what'na1510 a1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. 245 Quhat will ȝe saye me now for quhaten plycht? c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxviii. 16 Quhattane ane glaikit fule am I. 1561 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 57 Quhattin a Papist I am in this samin ruid Buik of Questionis..I tak on hand to preue..the maist haly Martyris,..to hef bene the samin Papistis. 1600 Maydes Metamorphosis iii. ii Priapus quoth a? Whattin a God might that bee? 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 I wish I had whaten books ye wanted. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whatten o'clock is't? 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 157 And whatten a bed for me? β. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 320 But what na day o' what na style, I doubt its hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi' Robin.1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 214 But whatna wife's this, wi' her creel on her back?1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy ix Think, oot o' whatna pit the laddie has been digged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.a1510
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