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where got

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Singapore/ˈwɛː ɡɒt/alternative/ˈwɛː ˈɡɒt/

where got phrase: used to challenge the validity of an assertion.

Phrase

where got

  1. Used to challenge the validity of an assertion.
    • — Let’s not do this one. Looks damn scary.
      — This ride where got scary one?
    • Poh Lin: 很会花钱 hor? [Got so much money to spend hor?]
      Benmin: 哪里有。你几点下班？ [Where got. What time do you knock off?]2018, Joel Tan, “Tango”, in A. Rogers, A. Thorpe, C. Robson, editors, British East Asian Plays, Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, Act 1, scene 1
  2. Used in questions expressing doubt about the existence or occurrence of something.
    • Nowadays where got time?

Origin of where got

Compare Hokkien 佗落有 (tó-lo̍h ū, “how is it […] ?”, literally “where is there”). 有 (“have; there is”) is rendered as got in Singlish. Also compare Malay mana ada and Mandarin 哪裡有 /哪里有 (nǎlǐ yǒu).

Questions about where got

What does where got mean?
Where got means used to challenge the validity of an assertion.
What part of speech is where got?
Where got is a phrase.
How do you pronounce where got?
Where got is pronounced /ˈwɛː ɡɒt/ (Singapore).

Words near where got in the dictionary

  1. where do you live at
  2. where do you work
  3. where does it hurt
  4. where does this bus go
  5. where does this train go
  6. where got
  7. where have you been
  8. where I come from
  9. where is the lie
  10. where is the toilet
  11. where it counts

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