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The word 'avaa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
avaaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 88.6 20 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 avaa in Corpus

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Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
icht Peter, dis is no lik him avaa. Rig-on claes an we’ll mak
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
avaa tak e tree trunk oot o yer ai on page 15
gien; an faaivver his naethin avaa, there'll be teen awa fae him on page 93

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
that diz that (he's nae eece avaa in a kitchen - disna ken a c on page 105

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Man answered, 'Aat's nae time avaa. Think on't. I've biggit ma h on page 26

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
In nae time avaa Cat's moo begood ti slaver ag on page 84

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ne. I canna manage wi iss een avaa, it vreits aakin kyn o things on page 20
my opingan at ye niver think avaa!" said the Rose fell Snaar-li on page 27
ten rodd did ye come out here avaa?" she eikit on, mair gentie-l on page 29
d, the filk Ailice didna like avaa: "foubeit, I hae seen gairden on page 30
rdle - gin iss is the wardle avaa, ye ken. Fegs, fit a braa daf on page 32
Also on pages 33, 34, 40, 41, 44, 45, 69
16 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
le queer – nae the same man avaa. Weel, time gaed on, and juis
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
are monarchists... wir nae at avaa! (2022) twitter link

General Central

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
on cultural issues at's nocht avaa ti dae wi the Scots leid itse on page 4

1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
yEmanuel Ye'll hae nae bother avaa!(2019)

@Sinethugcat tweeted
eted her or interacted wi her avaa? Weird tho. Twitter is juist (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
o his muckle opus isna mirkie avaa. on page 5

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and naethin malir avaa. on page 12

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
They say, an nae mistake avaa,
1 matches

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