"vä" meaning in Estonian

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Conjunction

Etymology: A reduction of või. Head templates: {{head|et|conjunction}} vä
  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence) Tags: colloquial, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-vä-et-conj-oZjWCbm4 Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header

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{
  "etymology_text": "A reduction of või.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "vä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do I have to come?",
          "text": "Kas ma pean tulema vä?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do I have to come?",
          "text": "Ma pean tulema vä?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vä-et-conj-oZjWCbm4",
      "links": [
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, nonstandard) interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vä"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "A reduction of või.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "vä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian colloquialisms",
        "Estonian conjunctions",
        "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Estonian lemmas",
        "Estonian nonstandard terms",
        "Estonian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do I have to come?",
          "text": "Kas ma pean tulema vä?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do I have to come?",
          "text": "Ma pean tulema vä?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, nonstandard) interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vä"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Estonian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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