Scots on the Wab - English -> Scots 700 Word Vocabulary

a: a
able: (y)able
accept: accep(t)
accident: accident, stramash
account: acoont
address: address, bides
aeroplane: airieplane
after: efter
afternoon: efternuin
afraid: feart
again: agane
against: agin, conter
age: age
ago: (sin)syne
agree: gree
air: air
airport: airieport
all: aw, aa
allow: alloo, lat#
almost: amaist
alone: alane, his/her/its etc lane
already: awreddie(s)
also: an aw, forby
altogether: a(w)thegither
always: aye(weys), still an on
amaze: dumfooner
among: amang
amuse, to: divert
and: an, and (emphatic)
angry: bealin
animal: baist
annoy, inconvenience: fash
another: anither
answer: ans(w)er
any: onie
anyone: oniebodie, emdy
anywhere: oniegate, onieroad
arrive: arreeve, win at
art: airt
as: as/is, in
as well: an aw, forby
ask (enquire): speir at
ask for: seek
at: at/it
at all: at aw, ava
avoid: jouk, miss
away: awa, hyne, yont
awkward: fykie, ackwart
attention, pay: tak tent o
bad: baud, ill
bad-tempered: crabbit
bag: poke
ball: ba(w)
bank: baunk
bath: bath
bathe: dook
be: be#
beach: stran, stron
beautiful: bonnie, braw
because: cause, kis
become: turn, git
bed: bed
beer: beer
before: afore, or, gin
begin: stairt, yoke tae
behind: ahin(t)
believe: believe, doot, hae
below: (in) ablo(w)
beneath: aneath
between: atween
bicycle: bicycle
big: muckle
bill: lawin
black: bleck
bloke, guy etc: chiel, carl
blue: bew, blae
boat: bait
bold, cheeky: gallus
book: buik
boot: bit
born: born
bottle: bo(a)ttle
boss, gaffer: heid bummer
both: baith
bottom: boddam, bahookie
box: bo(a)x, kistie
boy: lad, laddie, loon
break: brek, brak#
bridge: brig
bright: bricht
bring: bring#, fess/fesh#
brother: brither
brown: broon
build: big
building: biggin
bus: bus
business: business
busy: thrang
but: bit, but (emphatic)
buy: coff
cafe: cafe
call (eg phone): caw
call (name): cry
camera: camera
can (be able): can, dow
car: caur
careful: carefu, cannie
carry: cairrie, humf (heavy)
card: caird, (playing) cairt
cat: cheet
certain: sicker
chair: cheer
change: chynge
cheap: chape
chemist: chemist, droggist
cheque: cheque
child: bairn, wean
choice: chice, wale
church: kirk
cigarette: cigarette
class: cless
clean, to: claen, thorow
clear: clair
clever: gleg, clivver, smairt
climb: (s)clim#, speil
clock: knock, cloak
close, to: steek
clothes: claes
coat: cot
cold: caul(d)
collect, pick up: uplift
colour: colour
come, to: come#
comfortable: bien
complain: girn, compeen
complete: hail, fair
conspicuous: kenspeckle
continue: cairrie on, conteena
conversation: crack, cantation
cook: cuik, ready
corner: gushet, neuk
correct: correck
cost: chairge
count: coont
country: kintra, countra
cover, to: hap, kivver
cry (weep), to: greet#
cup: cup/cap, biccar
cut: cut, coll
damage: skaith
dangerous: unchancie
dare: daur
dark: derk, mirk
daughter: dochter, lass(ie)
day: day
dear (cost): saut
decide, to: deceed
defend, to: fen(d), weir
dentist: dentist
depart, leave: depairt, gang oot, tak the gate
descend: gang doun
desire, to: wiss, ettle efter, seek tae
dictionary: dictionar
die, to: dee
different: unalik(e)
dinner: denner
direction: airt
dirty: cla(i)rtie
distance: lenth
divide: pairt, sinder
do, to: dae#
doctor: doactrr
dog: dug
door: door
down: doon
dress, to: hap, dress, busk
dress: dress, outrig
drink: drink (etc)
drop: drap
dry: dry, hask (etc)
dreary: dreich
during: throu
duty, tax: stent
dust: stoor
each, every: ilka
early: airlie
ear: lug
eat: aet# (etc)
empty: tuim, empie
end: en(d)
engine: ingine
engineer: ingineer
English: Inglish, Southron, Sassenach
enough: eneuch
enter, to: enter, intil
entrance: ingang, entry
equal: aqual
evening: eenin
evening (early): forenicht
everything: a(w)thing
everywhere: a(w) roads, a(w) wey
excellent: gran, rerr, braw
exceptional: byordinar, walie
exchange: chynge
excuse: excaise
exercise: exerceese
exit: outgang
expensive: saut
extremely: unco, sair, terrible
eye: ee (pl een)
face: face
fall: faw#
family: faimlie
far: faur
fast: fest
fat: creesh, bowsie
father: faither, fader
fault: faut, wyte
feel: fin masel
fetch: fess/fesh#
few, a: fyow, a wheen, puckle, fyow
field: pairk
fight: fecht#
fill, to: fou, prime
film: film
find, to: fin#
fine: braw, gey
finish: feenish
fire: fire, lowe
fix (put): stell
fix (repair): sort
flight: flicht
floor: flair
flower: flooer
fly: flee
follow: follae
food: fuid, mait
fool, idiot: coof, gowk, eidjit, gomeral
foolish: glaikit, gowpit
foot: fit
football: fitba(w)
for: fur
forget: forget
free: free, quat o
fresh: caller
friend: freen
fright: fricht
from: frae/fae
fruit: fruit
full: fou
fuss: stushie, carfuffle, palaver
future, the: oncome, further
game: gemm
garage: garage
garden: gairden
get: git#, fess/fesh#
gift: mindin, praisent
girl: lass, lassie, quine
give: gie#
glad: gled, blithe
glasses: glesses
glove: gluive
go: gang, gae#
gold: gowd
good: guid, nae baud
grateful to: thankfou tae
great: gret, muckle
group: curn, boorach
guess, reckon: jalouse
hand: haun
happen: happen
happy: blithe
harbour: herbour
hard: haird, sair
hat: hat, bunnet (etc)
have: hae#
head: hied, powe
healthy: weel
hear: hear
heart: hert
heavy: hivvie
help: help, gie a haun ti
here: here
hesitate: swither
high: heich
hight: hicht
hill: brae, ben, hull
hit: dunt, ding
hold: haud
holiday: hoaliday
home: hame
hope: howp
hospital: hoaspital
hot: het
hotel: hotel/hottle
hour: our
house: hoose
how: hoo
hungry: hungert, tuim
hunt, look for: reenge, reeve
hurry, to: lick
husband: (guid)man
if (condition): if
if (conjecture): gin
ill: ull, nae weel
immediately: immedantlie, at yince, richt nou/awa
important: important
in: i(n)
industrious: eydent
industry: industry
information: wittins, speirins
inside: in o, inower
insipid, dull: fushionless
intelligent: mensefu
interesting: interestin
jacket: jaiket
jeans: denams
jersey: gansey
join: jine
journey: traivel, gang
jump: lowp#
just: jist
keep: kep, haud
key: key, check
kind: couthie, kin
king: keeng
kiss: kiss
knife: gullie, knife (k pronouncit)
know: ken
lack, need: want
lady: leddie
lake: loch
language: leid, langage
large: muckle
last: lest, hinmaist
late (delayed): ahint
laugh: lauch#
lawyer: lawer
lazy: sweirt
learn: lairn
leave: lave
left (eg side): car
lend: len
less: less
let: lat
letter: scrieve, scribe
lie: lee
lie down: lean
light: licht
like: lik(e)
like, would: fain
liquid: bree
list: leet
little: wee, sma(w)
little, a: a wee bit(tie)
live: leeve
live in: bide#, stey, dwal
lively: cantie
long: lang
look: luik
look, peep, a: keik
lorry: larrie
lose: tyne, lo(a)ss
lost: tint
loud: fell, lood
love: luve
low: laich, law
mad: gyte
make: mak
make (compel): gar
man: man/mon, carl, cheil
manner: mainner, wey
many: monie, plenty
map: caird
market: mercat, mart
match: lunt
medicine: medicine
meet: meit in wi
meeting: forgaithern, tryst
middle: mid(s)
might: micht
minute: meenit
mirror: (seein/luikin)gless
Mister (Mr.): Maister
mistake: mistak
Misses (Mrs): Maistress, Missus
modern: modren
money: siller
moon: muin
more: mair
morning: mornin
most: maist
mother: mither
motorway: motorwey
mountain: muntain, ben
mouth: moo(th), gab(b)
move: muive
move house: flit
move rapidly: wheech
much: muckle, plenty, rowth o
museum: muiseum
music: muisic
must: maun
name: nem
near: nar
neat: nate, snod, trig
necessary: necessar
need: need, want
never: nivver
new: new
next: nixt/neist
night: nicht
no: naw, nae, na
noise, sound: soon
none: nane
nonsense: havers
nose: neb
not: no, nae
nothing: naethin
now: noo
now, just: the noo
number: nummer
obtain: obtern, git#
of: o
off: aff
office: office
often: aften
oil: ile
old: aul(d)
old-fashioned: auld-farrant
on: on/in
once: yince, aince, wance
only: ainlie
open: apen
opposite: forenent (prep), opposeet (adj)
or: or
ordinary: ordinar, oardinary
other: ither
other, the: the tither
over: ower
owe: awe
package: paircel
paper: paper
park: pairk
part: pairt
pass (ie give): rax, see
past, the: bygane
path: pad, gate
pay: pey
pen: pen
pencil: pincil
people: fowk
perhaps: aiblins, mibbie
permit: lat, leave
person: bodie
persuade: perswad
petrol: petrol
photograph: photie
picture: picter
piece: bittie
place: steid, spat
play: play
please: please
pleased: joco, fair awa wi
point: pint
police(man): polis(man)
police station: polis station
politician: politeecian
poor: puir
possible: posseeble
post office: post-office
postcard: post-caird
pound (�): poon(d)
pound (lb): pun
prefer: lik better
prepare: redd, graith
price: price
private: private
probable: lik
problem, hassle: hechle, kinch
profession: profeesion
programme: program
promise: hecht
pull: pou
put: pit#, stell
puzzled: bamboozilt
quality: quality
question: spier, quaistion
quick: swith
quiet: quate
rain: rain (etc)
read: reid
ready: ready
receive: raiceive
reception: raiception
red: reid
refuse (to do): renaig, refuise
regret: rue
reluctant: sweir, thrawn
remember: mind o
repeat: rane
reply: repone
report: report
responsible: responseeble
rest, to: rist
rest, the: lave
restaurant: restaurant
return: retour, come hame, gie back
rich: gaithert
ride (eg in a car): hurl
right: richt
river: river, watter
road: gate, road
room: room
room (bed): chaumer
round: roon
rubbish bin: bucket
run: rin#
sad: dowf, dowie
salt and pepper: saut an spice
same: samen
save: sauf, gaither
say: say#
scheme, plan: ploy
school: scuil
sea: sea
seat: sait
see: see~
seem: seem
sell: sell
send: sen
serve: ser, sair
service: sairvice, onwatin
shake: shak, shoogle
shirt: sark
shoe: shae (pl shuin)
shop: shop
shopping: messages
short: cuttie, jimpit
show: shaw
shower: shoor
shut: steek
sick, unwell: no weel, seeck
sign: seegnal
silver: siller
since: sine
since then: sinsine
sing: sing (etc)
sister: sister
sit: sit#
sky: lift
sleep: sleep
slide: skite
slow: slaw
small: sma(w), wee
snow: snaw
so: sae, that (eg A wis that wabbit)
soap: saip
soft: saft
some: some, a wheen o (things)
sometimes: whiles
somone: a bodie
son: sin/son, lad(die)
song: sang
soon: suin
sore: sair
speak: speak#
square: squerr
squint, awry: agley, skellie
stairs: stair
stamp: stamp
stand: staun#
start: stert, yoke tae
station: station
stay: stey, bide#
steal: pauchle, sneck
step: stap
stop: stap, stoap
stop moving: deval
strange: unco, fremmit, strynge
street: street, causey
stretch: rax (yersel), streetch
strong: strang
stubborn: thrawn
student: student
study: study
stuff: gear, (ie material) graith
sudden: suddent
sullen: dour
sun: sin
sure: shair
sweet: hinnie, douce
swim: soom#, sweim#
table: buird
take: tak#
talk, to: blether, crack, gab
talk nonsense, to: haver
taste, to: pree
taxi: taxi
tea: tea/tae
teach: lairn, teach#
teacher: teacher, dominie
tear: teir#
telephone: telephone
telephone, to: caw
television: televeesion
tell: tell#
tidy: trig
tidy up, to: redd (up)
than: nor
thank you: thenk ye
that: tha(t), at, thon, yon
the: (th)e
theatre: theatre
them: thaim
then: than
then (eg and then I..): syne
there (is): therr
therefore: syne
these: thir, thae
they: they
thin: slink
thing: (t)hing
think: think#
thirst(y): drooth(ie)
those: thae, thon, yon (yins)
this: this
though: thou
throw: thraw
ticket: ticket
time: time
tip over, to: cowp
tired: forfochen, lowsed, wabbit
to: ti/tae, til (before vowel)
today: the day
toilet: cludgie
tolerate: thole (wi)
tomorrow: the morn/morra
tomorrow morning: the morn's morn
too (as well): tae, an aw
too (much): ower (muckle)
top: tap
tourist: towerist
towards: athwart
towel: tooel, haun-cloot
town: toon
traffic: traffeck
trousers: breeks, troosers
try, aim: ettle
turn: birl
ugly: hackit
unusual: unco, byordinar
up: up
uproar, disturbance: stushie stramash, rammie
use: (n)yiss, (v)yaise
very: gey, verra, awfie, fair, richt
wait: wyte
wake: wauk
walk: traivel, shank it, dauner
wall (ie of a buiding): wa(w)
wall (ie on its own): dyke
want: wish, wint/wunt
warm: warm, het
wash: wash#
water: watter
wear: weir
week: week, wick, ook
well: weel
well, as: an aw
wet: wat/weet
what: whit
whatever: whitivvir
when: whan
where: whaur
which?: whit ane(s)?
which: (t)hat/at
white: white
who: wha, that (rel pron)
whole: hail
why: hoo, whit wey
wide: wide, braid
wife: wifie, wumman
wind: wun/win
window: winda(e)
wise: wice, lang heidit
wish: wiss, wish, want
with: wi
without: athoot, wi'oot
woman: wumman (pl weemen)
wonder: wunner
wonder, a: ferlie
wood: wuid
word: wird
work: wirk/wark#
world: warld
worry, to: fash yersel, wirry
worse: waur
write: scrieve, write#
wrong: wrang
year: year, towmond
year, last: fernyear
yellow: yella(e)
yes: ay
yesterday: yestreen
you: ye, (pl) yiz, youse
young: young

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