See kva on Wiktionary
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]
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]
},
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"text": "Kva er det?",
"type": "example"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"english": "Which ice cream do you want?",
"text": "Kva is vil du ha?",
"type": "example"
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"word": "kva for ein"
}
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{
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"alternative"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"tags": [
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"2": "conjunction"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"2": "interjection"
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"name": "head"
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],
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"g3": "",
"id": "",
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"pos": "",
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"expansion": "Sanskrit क्व (kva, “where”)",
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"2": "adverb",
"head": "",
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}
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"2": "non",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "nn",
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],
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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]
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{
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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]
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"tags": [
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]
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hå",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ha",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hæ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"2": "pronoun"
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"expansion": "kva",
"name": "head"
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],
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"pos": "pron",
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"text": "Kva er det?",
"type": "example"
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],
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[
"what",
"what"
]
]
},
{
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{
"english": "Which ice cream do you want?",
"text": "Kva is vil du ha?",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
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"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "kva for ein"
}
]
}
],
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{
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{
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"Pages with entries"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "nn",
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷód",
"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "what"
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"expansion": "English what",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "ku",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "ka",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "kå",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "kø",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ka",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "kæ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ke",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hot",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "høtt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hå",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ha",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hæ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"2": "conjunction"
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"name": "head"
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"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"what (conjunction)"
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"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
]
}
],
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},
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"ipa": "[kʰʋɐ̞ː]"
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"expansion": "Old Norse hvat",
"name": "inh"
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"1": "nn",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwat"
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"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷód",
"name": "inh"
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"expansion": "English what",
"name": "cog"
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],
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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"form": "ku",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "ka",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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{
"form": "ko",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ka",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "kæ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ke",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "håt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hot",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "høt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "høtt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hå",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ha",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hæ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"2": "interjection"
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"expansion": "kva",
"name": "head"
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "intj",
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"what"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kvaː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰʋɐ̞ː]"
},
{
"homophone": "kvad"
}
],
"word": "kva"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "kvaci"
}
],
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{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "sa",
"3": "क्व",
"4": "",
"5": "where",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit क्व (kva, “where”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "sa",
"3": "क्व",
"t": "where"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit क्व (kva, “where”).",
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{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "adverb",
"head": "",
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},
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},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "kva",
"name": "pi-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Pali",
"lang_code": "pi",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pali adverbs",
"Pali adverbs in Latin script",
"Pali entries with incorrect language header",
"Pali lemmas",
"Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
],
"glosses": [
"where"
],
"links": [
[
"where",
"where"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) where"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"word": "kva"
}
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