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kva
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See also: kVA
Translingual
Symbol
kva
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Dialectal forms
- kvat (Nordhordland)
- kot, ku (Setesdal)
- ka (Sunnhordland, bracket form between 1938 and 1959)
- kå (Hallingdal, Sogn, Setesdal, Gudbrandsdal, Meldal)
- kø (Hallingdal)
- ko (vald, Hallingdal)
- ka, kæ (Trøndelag)
- ke (Trøndelag, Eastern Norway)
- håt, hot, høt, høtt (Telemark)
- hå, ha, hæ (east)
Etymology
From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod. Akin to English what.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
kva
- what (interrogative pronoun)
- Kva er det?
- What's that? / What is it?
- what (relative pronoun), which
- Synonym: kva for ein
- Kva is vil du ha?
- Which ice cream do you want?
Conjunction
kva
- what (conjunction)
- Han veit kva han vil ha.
- He knows what he wants.
Interjection
kva
References
- “kva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- kuva (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- कुव (Devanagari script)
- কুৰ (Bengali script)
- කුව (Sinhalese script)
- ကုဝ or ၵုဝ (Burmese script)
- กุว or กุวะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຸວ or ກຸວະ (Lao script)
- កុវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄪𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
- kuvaṃ (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀯𑀁 (Brahmi script)
- कुवं (Devanagari script)
- কুৰং (Bengali script)
- කුවං (Sinhalese script)
- ကုဝံ or ၵုဝံ (Burmese script)
- กุวํ or กุวัง (Thai script)
- ᨠᩩᩅᩴ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຸວໍ or ກຸວັງ (Lao script)
- កុវំ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄪𑅇𑄁 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Adverb
kva
- (interrogative) where
Derived terms
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “ku”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
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