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The word 'amna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7154
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of amna in Corpus

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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'I amna a weed, the flooer answert, d on page 32
. As for the muckle beasts, | amna feart o them. I hae my thorns on page 36
'I amna fond tae doom a bodie tae dai on page 41
ley wi you,' the tod said. 'I amna tamed.' on page 67

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
no leein, Grannie. I swear I amna.' on page 52

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“I amna feart o the Cretan bull-man,â
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e arguments anent fitba) an I amna a sangster or fiddler - gin (2020)
from the centre of town and I amna sure there are buses that din(2020)
BCRadioScot I ken I ken but I amna gaun tae rival ye i the singi(2020)
uld tweedie sweetie or gin Ah amna.. A'm 56 an this year hae the(2020)
@TimMorton2 I maun confess I amna ower sure (siccar) what preec(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
celebrate by next Beltane. A amna fou sae muckle as drunk... dr on page 40

1 matches

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