"kʰə̆-" meaning in All languages combined

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Determiner [Pela]

Forms: with classifiers [usually]
Etymology: Likely from an earlier form *kʰa with an uncertain tone, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”); a possible cognate is directly attested as Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”). If so, cognate with Old Chinese 何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ), Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”), Nuosu ꇿ (kat), ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”) and Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”). Compare Lhao Vo kho꞉ and Zaiwa ka. Etymology templates: {{inh|bxd|sit-pro|*ka||which; like; deictic; interrogative}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”), {{cog|mhx|kho꞉||where}} Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|何||what}} 何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ), {{cog|bo|ག་རེ||what}} Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”), {{cog|ii|ꇿ}} Nuosu ꇿ (kat), {{l|ii|ꈀꇬ||where}} ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”), {{lb|lhu|Na dialect}} (Na dialect), {{cog|lhu|qhɔ̀||<span class="ib-brac">(Na dialect)</span> where}} Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”), {{cog|mhx|kho꞉}} Lhao Vo kho꞉, {{cog|atb|ka}} Zaiwa ka Head templates: {{head|bxd|determiner|usually with classifiers, always reduced}} kʰə̆- (usually with classifiers, always reduced)
  1. which
    Sense id: en-kʰə̆--bxd-det-d7wGxV0p

Prefix [Pela]

Etymology: Likely from an earlier form *kʰa with an uncertain tone, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”); a possible cognate is directly attested as Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”). If so, cognate with Old Chinese 何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ), Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”), Nuosu ꇿ (kat), ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”) and Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”). Compare Lhao Vo kho꞉ and Zaiwa ka. Etymology templates: {{inh|bxd|sit-pro|*ka||which; like; deictic; interrogative}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”), {{cog|mhx|kho꞉||where}} Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|何||what}} 何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ), {{cog|bo|ག་རེ||what}} Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”), {{cog|ii|ꇿ}} Nuosu ꇿ (kat), {{l|ii|ꈀꇬ||where}} ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”), {{lb|lhu|Na dialect}} (Na dialect), {{cog|lhu|qhɔ̀||<span class="ib-brac">(Na dialect)</span> where}} Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”), {{cog|mhx|kho꞉}} Lhao Vo kho꞉, {{cog|atb|ka}} Zaiwa ka Head templates: {{head|bxd|prefix|always reduced}} kʰə̆- (always reduced)
  1. (unproductive) prefix forming interrogative terms Tags: morpheme Related terms: kʰai³⁵ (english: whither, to what place), kʰak⁵⁵ (english: who)
    Sense id: en-kʰə̆--bxd-prefix-vBpQEXfg Categories (other): Pela links with manual fragments, Pela terms in nonstandard scripts, Lhao Vo terms in nonstandard scripts, Pela determiners, Pela entries with incorrect language header, Pela links with manual fragments, Pela links with redundant target parameters, Pela links with redundant wikilinks, Pela terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Lhao Vo terms in nonstandard scripts: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela determiners: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela links with manual fragments: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela links with redundant target parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pela terms in nonstandard scripts: 0 100 Derived forms: kʰə̆.jauʔ³¹ (english: which man; who), kʰə̆.kʰja³¹ (english: how, in which manner), kʰə̆.kʰja⁵⁵ (english: whither, to which place), kʰə̆.lam⁵¹ (english: which one), kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ (english: how many, how much), kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ tɛ̃⁵⁵ (english: how old; how many years), kʰə̆.mɛ̃³¹ (english: where; whither; at/to what place), kʰə̆.mɛ̃⁵⁵ (english: whence, from where), kʰə̆.su⁵⁵ (english: how; what kind of), kʰə̆.sŭ kɔ̠t⁵⁵ (english: how to, in what way), kʰə̆.sŭ kɛ³¹ (english: how to (call)), kʰə̆.tʃuŋ⁵¹ (english: what kind of), kʰə̆.u³¹ (english: when, at which moment)

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          "english": "which man; who",
          "word": "kʰə̆.jauʔ³¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "how, in which manner",
          "word": "kʰə̆.kʰja³¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "whither, to which place",
          "word": "kʰə̆.kʰja⁵⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "which one",
          "word": "kʰə̆.lam⁵¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "how many, how much",
          "word": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "how old; how many years",
          "word": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ tɛ̃⁵⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "where; whither; at/to what place",
          "word": "kʰə̆.mɛ̃³¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "whence, from where",
          "word": "kʰə̆.mɛ̃⁵⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "how; what kind of",
          "word": "kʰə̆.su⁵⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "how to, in what way",
          "word": "kʰə̆.sŭ kɔ̠t⁵⁵"
        },
        {
          "english": "how to (call)",
          "word": "kʰə̆.sŭ kɛ³¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "what kind of",
          "word": "kʰə̆.tʃuŋ⁵¹"
        },
        {
          "english": "when, at which moment",
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          "text": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵\nhow many, how much (with mja̠³⁵ (“a derived form of mja³¹ (“many, much”)”))",
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          "english": "Which country are you from?",
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    {
      "english": "which man; who",
      "word": "kʰə̆.jauʔ³¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "how, in which manner",
      "word": "kʰə̆.kʰja³¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "whither, to which place",
      "word": "kʰə̆.kʰja⁵⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "which one",
      "word": "kʰə̆.lam⁵¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "how many, how much",
      "word": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "how old; how many years",
      "word": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ tɛ̃⁵⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "where; whither; at/to what place",
      "word": "kʰə̆.mɛ̃³¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "whence, from where",
      "word": "kʰə̆.mɛ̃⁵⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "how; what kind of",
      "word": "kʰə̆.su⁵⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "how to, in what way",
      "word": "kʰə̆.sŭ kɔ̠t⁵⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "how to (call)",
      "word": "kʰə̆.sŭ kɛ³¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "what kind of",
      "word": "kʰə̆.tʃuŋ⁵¹"
    },
    {
      "english": "when, at which moment",
      "word": "kʰə̆.u³¹"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bxd",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*ka",
        "4": "",
        "5": "which; like; deictic; interrogative"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mhx",
        "2": "kho꞉",
        "3": "",
        "4": "where"
      },
      "expansion": "Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "何",
        "2": "",
        "3": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "ག་རེ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ii",
        "2": "ꇿ"
      },
      "expansion": "Nuosu ꇿ (kat)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ii",
        "2": "ꈀꇬ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "where"
      },
      "expansion": "ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lhu",
        "2": "Na dialect"
      },
      "expansion": "(Na dialect)",
      "name": "lb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lhu",
        "2": "qhɔ̀",
        "3": "",
        "4": "<span class=\"ib-brac\">(Na dialect)</span> where"
      },
      "expansion": "Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mhx",
        "2": "kho꞉"
      },
      "expansion": "Lhao Vo kho꞉",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "atb",
        "2": "ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Zaiwa ka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from an earlier form *kʰa with an uncertain tone, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”); a possible cognate is directly attested as Lhao Vo kho꞉ (“where”). If so, cognate with Old Chinese 何 (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ), Tibetan ག་རེ (ga re, “what”), Nuosu ꇿ (kat), ꈀꇬ (kax go, “where”) and Lahu qhɔ̀ (“(Na dialect) where”). Compare Lhao Vo kho꞉ and Zaiwa ka.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bxd",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "always reduced"
      },
      "expansion": "kʰə̆- (always reduced)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pela",
  "lang_code": "bxd",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "whither, to what place",
      "word": "kʰai³⁵"
    },
    {
      "english": "who",
      "word": "kʰak⁵⁵"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pela links with manual fragments",
        "Pela terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Pela terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kʰə̆.jauʔ³¹\nwhich man; who (with jauʔ³¹ (“classifier for people”))",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "whither, to what place (with kʰja⁵⁵ (“to, toward”))",
          "text": "kʰə̆.kʰja⁵⁵",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵\nhow many, how much (with mja̠³⁵ (“a derived form of mja³¹ (“many, much”)”))",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prefix forming interrogative terms"
      ],
      "qualifier": "unproductive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(unproductive) prefix forming interrogative terms"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʰə̆-"
}

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