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Naw vs Waw - What's the difference?

naw | waw |

As an interjection naw

is eye dialect of lang=en.

As a verb waw is

to stir; move; wave.

As a noun waw is

a wave.

naw

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (Scotland)
  • * 2012 , Alex Gray, A Pound of Flesh
    • 'Naw , hen, sorry. Ye're too young for us. Come back when you've got a couple mair years under yer belt, eh?'
    ----

    waw

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wawen, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To stir; move; wave.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) wawe, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, water) A (l).
  • * , II.xii:
    • nigh it drawes / All passengers, that none from it can shift: / For whiles they fly that Gulfes deuouring iawes, / They on this rock are rent, and sunck in helplesse wawes .

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with Scots (m), (m).

    Alternative forms

    * * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wall

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) . * Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ** Last: ** Next:

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: .

    • Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----