See hví on Wiktionary
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3
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3
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0,
3
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14,
17
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],
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}
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},
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"2": "kvi"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk kvi",
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"word": "hvers vegna"
},
{
"word": "af hverju"
}
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},
{
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},
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},
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"plural"
]
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},
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"nominative",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "hvíið",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "hvíin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "hvíið",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíinu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "hvís",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvísins",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvía",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
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}
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],
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"squeal"
],
[
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"shriek"
]
],
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"word": "hvía"
}
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/kʰviː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xʷiː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
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}
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"5": "",
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},
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"lang_code": "fo",
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"english": "why did you leave?",
"text": "hví fórst tú?",
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0,
3
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],
"english": "why did you come this way?",
"text": "hví komst tú henda vegin?",
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0,
3
]
],
"english": "why do you weep?",
"text": "hví grætur tú?",
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},
{
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[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "why not?",
"text": "hví ikki?",
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},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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14,
17
]
],
"english": "I don't know why they left",
"text": "eg veit ikki, hví teir fóru",
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}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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"why"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰvʊiː/"
}
],
"word": "hví"
}
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"Icelandic lemmas",
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"Icelandic nouns",
"Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
"Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Icelandic terms with homophones",
"Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
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"1": "fo",
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},
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},
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"2": "kvi"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk kvi",
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},
{
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},
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],
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"1": "is",
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
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"name": "head"
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"why"
]
],
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{
"word": "hvers vegna"
},
{
"word": "af hverju"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kʰviː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xʷiː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "kví"
}
],
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}
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"Icelandic nouns",
"Icelandic terms with homophones",
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/iː",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/iː/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"form": "hvís",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíið",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíið",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hví",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíinu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvís",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvísins",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hvía",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvíanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "is",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "hvía"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"squeal, shriek"
],
"links": [
[
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],
[
"shriek",
"shriek"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰviː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xʷiː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "kví"
}
],
"word": "hví"
}
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