watnav.
/ˈwɒtnə/, U.S. /ˈwətnə/, /ˈwɑtnə/, Scottish English /ˈwɔtnə/ Scottish.
(I) know not.
ΚΠ
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 84 He's been a soldier, and he has been a play-actor, and I watna what he has been or hasna been.
Derivatives
watnawhat n. a ‘don't know what’, a nondescript.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > and indescribable
what-not1602
watnawhat1725
nondescript1802
indescribability1824
indescribables1839
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii Sir William's cruel, that wad force his son For watna-whats, sae great a risk to run.
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