"piw" meaning in Cornish

See piw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [piˑʊ] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], piw [error-unrecognized-form], biw [soft], fiw [error-unrecognized-form], piw [mixed]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish pyw, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Welsh pwy, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cnx|pyw}} Middle Cornish pyw, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*puɨ}} Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*kʷei}} Proto-Celtic *kʷei, {{cog|br|piv}} Breton piv, {{cog|cy|pwy}} Welsh pwy, {{cog|sga|cía}} Old Irish cía, {{inh|kw|ine-pro|*kʷís}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Head templates: {{head|kw|pron|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} piw
  1. (interrogative) who Tags: interrogative Synonyms: neb Derived forms: piw penag (english: whoever)
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*puɨ"
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Breton piv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pwy"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pwy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cía"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cía",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Cornish interrogative pronouns",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        {
          "english": "whoever",
          "translation": "whoever",
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        }
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          "english": "Who are you?",
          "text": "Piw os ta?",
          "translation": "Who are you?",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "neb"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[piˑʊ]"
    }
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      "english": "whoever",
      "translation": "whoever",
      "word": "piw penag"
    }
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    },
    {
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      "expansion": "Breton piv",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pwy"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pwy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cía"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cía",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷís",
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "pron",
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        "Cornish pronouns",
        "Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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      ],
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          "english": "Who are you?",
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          "translation": "Who are you?",
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        "(interrogative) who"
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        {
          "word": "neb"
        }
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[piˑʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piw"
}

Download raw JSONL data for piw meaning in Cornish (2.5kB)

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