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},
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"3": "",
"4": "or"
},
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"2": "þȳ",
"3": "",
"4": "because, since, on that account, therefore, then",
"lit": "by that, for that"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).\nCognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.",
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"categories": [],
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{
"text": "Why is the sky blue?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Why did you do that?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I don’t know why he did that",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tell me why the moon changes phase.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
"text": "Why do you have a map of the world?\nAudio (US) (file)"
}
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"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question."
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"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question."
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{
"text": "Why don't you ask her out for dinner?"
}
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"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
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"text": "Why spend money on something you already get for free?",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "Why not tell him how you feel?",
"type": "example"
}
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"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause)."
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"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
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"text": "Why him? Why not someone taller?",
"type": "example"
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"text": "That's the reason why I did that.",
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"(relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose."
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{
"text": "That is why the sky is blue."
},
{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.",
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"(fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which."
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"ipa": "/ʍaɪ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/waɪ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "wye"
},
{
"homophone": "Y"
},
{
"homophone": "y (all only in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "how come"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "to what end"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "what for"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "why so"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "for why"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wherefore"
}
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"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "axʲpa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ахьԥа"
},
{
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"code": "ab",
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"roman": "jaxʲpa",
"sense": "for what reason",
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"word": "иахьԥа"
},
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "waarom"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "af",
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"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hoekom"
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{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "akz",
"lang": "Alabama",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sáhmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pse"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "përse"
},
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"code": "ase",
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"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead"
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"code": "am",
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"roman": "lämn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ለምን"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "limāḏā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لِمَاذَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lima",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لِمَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "shu",
"lang": "Chadian Arabic",
"roman": "māla",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "مالا"
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{
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"code": "arz",
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"roman": "lēh",
"sense": "for what reason",
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],
"word": "ليه"
},
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"code": "afb",
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"roman": "lēš",
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],
"word": "لِيش"
},
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"code": "acw",
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"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
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},
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"code": "acw",
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"roman": "lē",
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},
{
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"code": "ary",
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"roman": "ʕlāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
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"word": "علاش"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕlayāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
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"word": "علياش"
},
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"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ary",
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"roman": "ʕlāh",
"sense": "for what reason",
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},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ary",
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"roman": "lāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
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"word": "لاش"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ary",
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"roman": "lāh",
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},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "apc",
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"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "apc",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lē",
"sense": "for what reason",
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"North-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "ليه"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "inčʿu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ինչու"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "խի"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "her",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "հեր"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "ēr",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "էր"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "him",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "հիմ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "im",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "իմ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "əndēr",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ընդէր"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "ērum",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "էրում"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "zi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "զի"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "zmē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "զմէ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kiy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কিয়"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kelei",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেলেই"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "keloi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেলৈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "lemā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܠܡܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "lmōn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܠܡܘܿܢ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "qāmōdī",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "qay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܩܲܝ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niyə"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nə üçün"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bqi",
"lang": "Bakhtiari",
"roman": "sičē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "سیچی"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bqi",
"lang": "Bakhtiari",
"roman": "sičē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "سیچه"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ni ösön",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ни өсөн"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "niñə",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ниңә"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "zergatik"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čamú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чаму́"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "keno",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেন"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Daet"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Legazpi"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nata"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Naga"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "tano"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Partido"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hadaw"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perak"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaštó",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "защо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "bhahpraclui.",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ဘာဖြစ်လို့"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "per què"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngano"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tzm",
"lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
"roman": "max",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ⵎⴰⵅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "hunda",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "хӏунда"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gadono",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ᎦᏙᏃ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "chifukwa chiyani"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "katimi ta"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "點解"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dim² gaai²",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "点解"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為乜"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wai⁶ mat¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为乜"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zou⁶ mat¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做乜"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"english": "zou⁶ mat¹ je⁵",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做乜嘢"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zou⁶ me¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做咩"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "visa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "виса"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zahuey",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "захуэй"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做麼個"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "cho-mak-ke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做么个"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "mih-tāi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "物代"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為甚物"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為什物"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ūi-sím-mi̍h",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为什物"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為啥物"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ūi-siáⁿ-mih, ūi-siáⁿ-mi̍h, ūi-siáⁿ-mí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为啥物"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "sī-án-chóaⁿ, sī-án-nóa, sī-án-ná",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "是按怎"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "in-hô",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "因何"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為何"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为何"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為甚麼"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為什麼"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishénme",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为什么"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為啥"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishá",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "为啥"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "啥體"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "⁵sa--thi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "啥体"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為啥"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³hhue-sa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为啥"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "иаʼм"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "mĕnš̬ĕn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мӗншӗн"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "prag"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ne içün"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ne sebepten"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "proč"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hvorfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "dcc",
"lang": "Deccani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کئیکو"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "kīvve",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ކީއްވެ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "waarom"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "molan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "молан"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "meks",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мекс"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "meźeks",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мезекс"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "mejs",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мейс"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kial"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miks"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hví"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mitä varten"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minkä tähden"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minkä vuoksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pourquoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "parquoy"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "e logo"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "raṭom",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "რატომ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ristvis",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "რისთვის"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "warum"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wieso"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "weshalb"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "weswegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "duƕē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "𐌳𐌿𐍈𐌴"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "giatí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "γιατί"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "τί"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dià tí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "διὰ τί"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sooq"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aha"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "לָמָּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "láma",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "לָמָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madúa’",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "מַדּוּעַ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kyõ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्यों"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kyū̃",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्यूँ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miért"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ibg",
"lang": "Ibanag",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "af hverju"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pro quo"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apay"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mengapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kenapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miks"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minen peräst"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cad chuige"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cén fáth"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "canathaobh"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cid ara"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perché"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wa mek"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"alt": "なぜ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naze",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "何故"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nande",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "なんで"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dōshite",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "どうして"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"alt": "なにゆえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naniyue",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "何故"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ēke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ಏಕೆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "yāke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ಯಾಕೆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "obakit"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "obat"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ot"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "krc",
"lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
"roman": "nek",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нек"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "kyāzi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کیٛازِ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "kyāzi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्याज़ि"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kjh",
"lang": "Khakas",
"roman": "noğa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ноға"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "haet ʼaʼvəy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ហេតុអ្វី"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "haet ʼəy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ហេតុអី"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nĩkĩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nĩ ũndũ kĩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wae",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "왜"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kri",
"lang": "Krio",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wetin mek"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bo",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "بۆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "leber çî",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لەبەر چی"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "çima"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "çira"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bo çi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ji ber çi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emne ücün",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмне үчүн"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emnege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмнеге"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emneden",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмнеден"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pen nyang",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ເປັນຫຍັງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "parkū"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "deļkuo"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cūr"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "quārē"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kāpēc"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kādēļ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kālab"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "boerum"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "veurwat"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "woerum"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kodėl"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "firwat"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mzs",
"lang": "Macanese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "qui-foi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mzs",
"lang": "Macanese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cuza"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zošto",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "зошто"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mengapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kenapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kena apa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apa kena"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apa pasal"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "entukoṇṭŭ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "എന്തുകൊണ്ട്"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"note": "for what purpose?",
"roman": "entinŭ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "എന്തിന്"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "għaliex"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "na te aha"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngkaino"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "का"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mba'e re"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "mes",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мес"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "jaagaad",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "яагаад"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "haʼátʼíísh biniinaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pecché"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "kina",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किन"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Guernsey"
],
"word": "pourtchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hvorfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "korfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kvifor"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perqué"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aaniish"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aaniin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aanishwin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "vŭskǫjǫ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "въскѫѭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hwȳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pag",
"lang": "Pangasinan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "akin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "چرا"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barâye či",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "برای چی"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barâye če",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "برای چه"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nyaaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "jocel"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "dlaczego"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "czemu"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "po co"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "na co"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por que"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sosθar"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "de ce"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pentru ce"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "почему́"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "začém",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "заче́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otčevó",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "отчего́"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "'aiseā"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kimarthaṃ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किमर्थं"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kuta",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "कुत"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kimartham",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किमर्थम्"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "why"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "carson"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̏што"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zȁšto"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "æyi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ඇයි"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "prečo"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "zakáj"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kwaje"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mbona"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "varför"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "no te aha"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "čaro",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чаро"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ēṉ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ஏன்"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "etaṟku",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "எதற்கு"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Tashelhit",
"roman": "max",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ⵎⴰⵅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "nigä",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нигә"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "nar ni öçen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нар ни өчен"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "niyä",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mayta'"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "enduku",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ఎందుకు"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tam-mai",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ทำไม"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chà-nǎi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ไฉน"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga re byas nas",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "watpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hā"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "neden"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niçin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niye"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "üçin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "näme üçin"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "çüge",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чүге"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "çop",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чоп"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "lm",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "𐎍𐎎"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čomú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чому́"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čom",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чом"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kyõ, kyū̃",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کیوں"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "nëme üchün",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "نېمە ئۈچۈن"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nega"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
"code": "vep",
"lang": "Veps",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 17 17 17 15 16",
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"American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks",
"English 1-syllable words",
"English adverbs",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English interrogative adverbs",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
"English relative adverbs",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English three-letter words",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/aɪ",
"Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable",
"en:Cattle"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "why"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwȳ",
"t": "why"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwī",
"t": "by what, how"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷey"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷey",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kʷis",
"t": "who"
},
"expansion": "*kʷis (“who”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kʷid",
"t": "what"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwī",
"t": "why"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwī (“why”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwiu",
"t": "how; why"
},
"expansion": "hwiu (“how; why”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wiu",
"3": "",
"4": "how, why"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wiu (“how, why”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvi",
"3": "",
"4": "why"
},
"expansion": "hvi (“why”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "kvi",
"3": "",
"4": "why"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vi",
"3": "",
"4": "why"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vi (“why”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Faroese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "hví",
"3": "",
"4": "why"
},
"expansion": "hví (“why”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quī",
"3": "",
"4": "why"
},
"expansion": "Latin quī (“why”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc-dor",
"2": "πεῖ",
"3": "",
"4": "where"
},
"expansion": "Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "чи",
"3": "",
"4": "if"
},
"expansion": "Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "czy"
},
"expansion": "Polish czy",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "či",
"3": "",
"4": "or"
},
"expansion": "Czech či (“or”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "či",
"3": "",
"4": "if"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian či (“if”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "þȳ",
"3": "",
"4": "because, since, on that account, therefore, then",
"lit": "by that, for that"
},
"expansion": "Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "thy"
},
"expansion": "thy",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).\nCognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "why (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why is the sky blue?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Why did you do that?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I don’t know why he did that",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tell me why the moon changes phase.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
"text": "Why do you have a map of the world?\nAudio (US) (file)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question."
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question."
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why don't you ask her out for dinner?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question.",
"With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion."
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a complete question.",
"With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion."
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why spend money on something you already get for free?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Why not tell him how you feel?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause)."
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause)."
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why him? Why not someone taller?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a noun or other phrase."
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.",
"Introducing a noun or other phrase."
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That's the reason why I did that.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For which cause, reason, or purpose."
],
"links": [
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable",
"relative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That is why the sky is blue."
},
{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The cause, reason, or purpose for which."
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"qualifier": "fused relative",
"raw_glosses": [
"(fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʍaɪ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/waɪ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "wye"
},
{
"homophone": "Y"
},
{
"homophone": "y (all only in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
},
{
"audio": "en-ne-why.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/En-ne-why.ogg/En-ne-why.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/En-ne-why.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-why.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-why.ogg/En-us-why.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-why.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-why.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-uk-why.ogg/En-uk-why.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-uk-why.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
},
{
"enpr": "hwī"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "how come"
},
{
"word": "wherefore"
},
{
"word": "to what end"
},
{
"word": "what for"
},
{
"word": "why so"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "for why"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "axʲpa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ахьԥа"
},
{
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "jaxʲpa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"infix"
],
"word": "иахьԥа"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "waarom"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hoekom"
},
{
"code": "akz",
"lang": "Alabama",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sáhmi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pse"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "përse"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "lämn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ለምን"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "limāḏā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لِمَاذَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lima",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لِمَ"
},
{
"code": "shu",
"lang": "Chadian Arabic",
"roman": "māla",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "مالا"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lēh",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ليه"
},
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic"
],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "ليه"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕlāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "علاش"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕlayāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "علياش"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕlāh",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "علاه"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "لاش"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāh",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "لاه"
},
{
"code": "apc",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"North-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"code": "apc",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"North-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "ليه"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lēš",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "لِيش"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "inčʿu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ինչու"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "խի"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "her",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "հեր"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "ēr",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "էր"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "him",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "հիմ"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "im",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "իմ"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "əndēr",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ընդէր"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "ērum",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "էրում"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "zi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "զի"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "zmē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "զմէ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kiy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কিয়"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kelei",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেলেই"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "keloi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেলৈ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "lemā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܠܡܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "lmōn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܠܡܘܿܢ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "qāmōdī",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "qay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ܩܲܝ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niyə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nə üçün"
},
{
"code": "bqi",
"lang": "Bakhtiari",
"roman": "sičē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "سیچی"
},
{
"code": "bqi",
"lang": "Bakhtiari",
"roman": "sičē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "سیچه"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ni ösön",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ни өсөн"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "niñə",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ниңә"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "zergatik"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čamú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чаму́"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "keno",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "কেন"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Daet"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakin"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Legazpi"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nata"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Naga"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "tano"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Partido"
],
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hadaw"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaštó",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "защо́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "bhahpraclui.",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ဘာဖြစ်လို့"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "per què"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngano"
},
{
"code": "tzm",
"lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
"roman": "max",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ⵎⴰⵅ"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "hunda",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "хӏунда"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gadono",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ᎦᏙᏃ"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "chifukwa chiyani"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "katimi ta"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "點解"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dim² gaai²",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "点解"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為乜"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wai⁶ mat¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为乜"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zou⁶ mat¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做乜"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"english": "zou⁶ mat¹ je⁵",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做乜嘢"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zou⁶ me¹",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做咩"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "visa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "виса"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zahuey",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "захуэй"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做麼個"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "cho-mak-ke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "做么个"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "mih-tāi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "物代"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為甚物"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為什物"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ūi-sím-mi̍h",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为什物"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為啥物"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ūi-siáⁿ-mih, ūi-siáⁿ-mi̍h, ūi-siáⁿ-mí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为啥物"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "sī-án-chóaⁿ, sī-án-nóa, sī-án-ná",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "是按怎"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "in-hô",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "因何"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "為何"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "为何"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為甚麼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為什麼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishénme",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为什么"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為啥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishá",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "为啥"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "啥體"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "⁵sa--thi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "啥体"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "為啥"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³hhue-sa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "为啥"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "иаʼм"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "mĕnš̬ĕn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мӗншӗн"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "prag"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ne içün"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ne sebepten"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "proč"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hvorfor"
},
{
"code": "dcc",
"lang": "Deccani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کئیکو"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "kīvve",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ކީއްވެ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "waarom"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "molan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "молан"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "meks",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мекс"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "meźeks",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мезекс"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "mejs",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мейс"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kial"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miks"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hví"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mitä varten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minkä tähden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minkä vuoksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pourquoi"
},
{
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "parquoy"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "e logo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "raṭom",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "რატომ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ristvis",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "რისთვის"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "warum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wieso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "weshalb"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "weswegen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "duƕē",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "𐌳𐌿𐍈𐌴"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "giatí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "γιατί"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "τί"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dià tí",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "διὰ τί"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sooq"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aha"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "לָמָּה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "láma",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "לָמָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madúa’",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "מַדּוּעַ"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngaa"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kyõ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्यों"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kyū̃",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्यूँ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miért"
},
{
"code": "ibg",
"lang": "Ibanag",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngatta"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "af hverju"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pro quo"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apay"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mengapa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kenapa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "miks"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "minen peräst"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cad chuige"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cén fáth"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "canathaobh"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cid ara"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perché"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wa mek"
},
{
"alt": "なぜ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naze",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "何故"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nande",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "なんで"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dōshite",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "どうして"
},
{
"alt": "なにゆえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naniyue",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "何故"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ēke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ಏಕೆ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "yāke",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ಯಾಕೆ"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "obakit"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "obat"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ot"
},
{
"code": "krc",
"lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
"roman": "nek",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нек"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "kyāzi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کیٛازِ"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "kyāzi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "क्याज़ि"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"code": "kjh",
"lang": "Khakas",
"roman": "noğa",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ноға"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "haet ʼaʼvəy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ហេតុអ្វី"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "haet ʼəy",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ហេតុអី"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nĩkĩ"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nĩ ũndũ kĩ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wae",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "왜"
},
{
"code": "kri",
"lang": "Krio",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wetin mek"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bo",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "بۆ"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "leber çî",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "لەبەر چی"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "çima"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "çira"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bo çi"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ji ber çi"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emne ücün",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмне үчүн"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "nege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "неге"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emnege",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмнеге"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "emneden",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "эмнеден"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pen nyang",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ເປັນຫຍັງ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "parkū"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "deļkuo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cūr"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "quārē"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kāpēc"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kādēļ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kālab"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "boerum"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "veurwat"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "woerum"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kodėl"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "firwat"
},
{
"code": "mzs",
"lang": "Macanese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "qui-foi"
},
{
"code": "mzs",
"lang": "Macanese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "cuza"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zošto",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "зошто"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mengapa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kenapa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kena apa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apa kena"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "apa pasal"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "entukoṇṭŭ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "എന്തുകൊണ്ട്"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"note": "for what purpose?",
"roman": "entinŭ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "എന്തിന്"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "għaliex"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "na te aha"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngin"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ngkaino"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kā",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "का"
},
{
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mba'e re"
},
{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "mes",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "мес"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "jaagaad",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "яагаад"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "haʼátʼíísh biniinaa"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pecché"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "kina",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किन"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Guernsey"
],
"word": "pourtchi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hvorfor"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "korfor"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kvifor"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "perqué"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aaniish"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aaniin"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "aanishwin"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "vŭskǫjǫ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "въскѫѭ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hwȳ"
},
{
"code": "pag",
"lang": "Pangasinan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "akin"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "چرا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barâye či",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "برای چی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barâye če",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "برای چه"
},
{
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nyaaku"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "jocel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "dlaczego"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "czemu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "po co"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "na co"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por que"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sosθar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "de ce"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pentru ce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "почему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "začém",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "заче́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otčevó",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "отчего́"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "'aiseā"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kimarthaṃ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किमर्थं"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kuta",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "कुत"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kimartham",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "किमर्थम्"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "why"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "carson"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̏што"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zȁšto"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "æyi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ඇයි"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "prečo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "zakáj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "por qué"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kwaje"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mbona"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "varför"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "no te aha"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "čaro",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чаро"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ēṉ",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ஏன்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "etaṟku",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "எதற்கு"
},
{
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Tashelhit",
"roman": "max",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ⵎⴰⵅ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "nigä",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нигә"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "nar ni öçen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "нар ни өчен"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "niyä",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ния"
},
{
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mayta'"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "enduku",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ఎందుకు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tam-mai",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ทำไม"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chà-nǎi",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ไฉน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga re byas nas",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "watpo"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "hā"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "neden"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niçin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "niye"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "üçin"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "näme üçin"
},
{
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "çüge",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чүге"
},
{
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "çop",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чоп"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "lm",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "𐎍𐎎"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čomú",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чому́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čom",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "чом"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kyõ, kyū̃",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "کیوں"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "nëme üchün",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "نېمە ئۈچۈن"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "nega"
},
{
"code": "vep",
"lang": "Veps",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mihe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "sao"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "vì sao"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "tại sao"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kikodo"
},
{
"code": "vro",
"lang": "Võro",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mille"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pocwè"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kay-ano"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "pam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "for what reason",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "paham"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "wêrom"
},
{
"code": "wuh",
"lang": "Wutunhua",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "mashema"
},
{
"code": "yka",
"lang": "Yakan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "we'ey"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "toğo",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "тоҕо"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "tuoqtan",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "туохтан"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "tuoq ihin",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "туох иһин"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "lemay",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "למאַי"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "farvos",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "פֿאַרוואָס"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "varum",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "וואַרום"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hayitokhn",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "היתּכן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zatshem",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "זאַטשעם"
},
{
"code": "yol",
"lang": "Yola",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "farthoo"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "kilode"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "for what reason",
"word": "çıra"
}
],
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"why"
],
"word": "why"
}
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
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{
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{
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"text": "A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.",
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},
{
"ref": "2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine",
"text": "Within months of leaving, she became the new owner of Dream Body Recovery in Miami, which has three rooms that can accommodate up to six clients. “Being a part of this journey with other ladies, knowing how it changed my life, that’s my why,” she told me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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]
}
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "why"
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{
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"2": "πεῖ",
"3": "",
"4": "where"
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "if"
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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{
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{
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"4": "if"
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{
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{
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"ref": "1930, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Assorted Articles, London: Martin Secker, page 11",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To ask (someone) the question \"why?\"."
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"(intransitive, transitive) To ask (someone) the question \"why?\"."
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"ipa": "/waɪ/"
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"rhymes": "-aɪ"
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"homophone": "wye"
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"English terms with quotations"
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"ref": "1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Yorkshire",
"text": "At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A young heifer."
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"word": "eff why eye"
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{
"ref": "1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number 10, London, page 147",
"text": "ee, why, ee, ess, eyes",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Sycamore Review, volume 8, page 116",
"text": "eff you see kay why oh you.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Eric Barnes, Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, page 91",
"text": "I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Daniel DiPrinzio, “Come Quickly”, in The Great Stone Robbery or A Parade of Idiots, page 184",
"text": "Like many folks do when taking medicine past its expiration date, Jerry had questioned its effectiveness. The pill had answered with a resounding why ee ess, and Jerry couldn’t tell between the Custom Costume in his pocket and himself.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily, Electric Monkey, page 73",
"text": "Miss said, “Love your outfit, bee-tee-double-u.” It took me a second to realize she meant “btw.” “Is it vintage?” / I looked down at my school uniform. Fudgsicles. “Tee-why,” said Jahna, for “ty.” “And why-ee-ess yes!”",
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"Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y."
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ūi-hô vs. zh-min-nan",
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