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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"2": "*kʷis"
},
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"form": "whom",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative"
]
},
{
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"genitive"
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"7": "inanimate",
"8": "what"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "pron",
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"glosses": [
"who (nominative)"
],
"id": "en-who-enm-pron-OAvLtjJZ",
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"(interrogative) who (nominative)"
],
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"plural",
"singular"
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"who (nominative)"
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"(relative) who (nominative)"
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"plural",
"relative",
"singular"
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"whoever, anyone who (usually nominative)"
],
"id": "en-who-enm-pron-ZHOFo9JG",
"links": [
[
"whoever",
"whoever"
],
[
"anyone",
"anyone"
],
[
"who",
"who#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative) whoever, anyone who (usually nominative)"
],
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
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"anyone, someone (nominative)"
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"links": [
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"anyone",
"anyone"
],
[
"someone",
"someone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(indefinite) anyone, someone (nominative)"
],
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural",
"singular"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/hwɔː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/h(w)oː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hwɑː/",
"note": "early"
},
{
"ipa": "/hwaː/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
}
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"word": "ȝwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ho"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "hoo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "huo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "quo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "qwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "qwho"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "whoo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Northern"
],
"word": "qua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wha"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "hwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "hwoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"sense": "early",
"word": "hwa"
}
],
"word": "who"
}
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"Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Middle English indefinite pronouns",
"Middle English interrogative pronouns",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English pronouns",
"Middle English relative pronouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"text": "Geordie English: whe"
},
{
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"2": "wha"
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"expansion": "Scots: wha",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Scots: wha"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "hwā"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwaʀ"
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷos"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kʷis"
},
"expansion": "*kʷis",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whom",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dative"
]
},
{
"form": "whos",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "what",
"tags": [
"inanimate"
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}
],
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"8": "what"
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"who (nominative)"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) who (nominative)"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"nominative",
"plural",
"singular"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"who (nominative)"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who#English"
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],
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"(relative) who (nominative)"
],
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"whoever, anyone who (usually nominative)"
],
"links": [
[
"whoever",
"whoever"
],
[
"anyone",
"anyone"
],
[
"who",
"who#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative) whoever, anyone who (usually nominative)"
],
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"anyone, someone (nominative)"
],
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[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"anyone",
"anyone"
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[
"someone",
"someone"
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"(indefinite) anyone, someone (nominative)"
],
"tags": [
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"nominative",
"plural",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hwɔː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/h(w)oː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hwɑː/",
"note": "early"
},
{
"ipa": "/hwaː/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ȝwo"
},
{
"word": "ho"
},
{
"word": "hoo"
},
{
"word": "huo"
},
{
"word": "quo"
},
{
"word": "qwo"
},
{
"word": "qwho"
},
{
"word": "whoo"
},
{
"word": "wo"
},
{
"word": "woo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern"
],
"word": "qua"
},
{
"word": "wha"
},
{
"sense": "early",
"word": "hwa"
},
{
"word": "hwo"
},
{
"word": "hwoa"
}
],
"word": "who"
}
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