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The word 'waakit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waakitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5185
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 72.7 4 1

Occurrences of waakit in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
is felt mony a time whin shü waakit oot by Hestigeo, at da fit a on page 36
y tawards me. He yarned as we waakit, tellin me whaar aa he wis be on page 54

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
winna bi the first ttme Ah'v waakit up the road masel." on page 21
paper doon oan the table. "Ah waakit doon te the HealthCentre the on page 26
r ma fly last wik bit, fin Ah waakit in, Ah fun oot at aa er neebo on page 33
ht Betty, wishin she'd nivver waakit throwe the door. The wifie's on page 80

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
As Donald waakit awa in front, music stairtit on page 41
ess eens aat squeakit fin yg waakit aboot. on page 66
irds echoin in his heid as he waakit roon the place, takkin in aat on page 92

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his wiz gan tae happen for he waakit tae Tarlair ilka day noo an f
her wye hame tae Macduff she waakit Wast alang the coast tae Fite
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in een o the patrols fin they waakit intae a squad o Jerries at wo
1 matches

General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
sin a Jerry minefield as they waakit in front o an ambulance check
eason I stell canna explain I waakit inaboot tae the fish box stag
2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
apt alang tha pad, an ït got waakit iver, an tha wile burds et ï on page 82
As Jesus an hïs follaers waakit on, the' cum tae a vïllage a on page 88
us at tha heid o thaim. An he waakit up tae Jesus, an gien hïm a on page 108
l cum up alangside o thaim an waakit wi thaim. The' saa hïm aa ri on page 111

4 matches

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