"hwa" meaning in Old Frisian

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈhwaː/, /ˈwaː/ [Late-Old-Frisian] Forms: hwā [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognates include Old English hwā and Old Saxon hwē. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ofs|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, {{cog|ang|hwā}} Old English hwā, {{cog|osx|hwē}} Old Saxon hwē Head templates: {{head|ofs|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns|cat3=relative pronouns|cat4=indefinite pronouns|head=hwā}} hwā
  1. (interrogative) who? Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-hwa-ofs-pron-ofs:who Categories (other): Old Frisian indefinite pronouns, Old Frisian interrogative pronouns, Old Frisian pronouns, Old Frisian relative pronouns Disambiguation of Old Frisian indefinite pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian interrogative pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian pronouns: 35 39 25 Disambiguation of Old Frisian relative pronouns: 36 42 21
  2. (relative) who, that Tags: relative Synonyms: thī, thiu
    Sense id: en-hwa-ofs-pron-0A8lJM0Z Categories (other): Old Frisian indefinite pronouns, Old Frisian interrogative pronouns, Old Frisian pronouns, Old Frisian relative pronouns Disambiguation of Old Frisian indefinite pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian interrogative pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian pronouns: 35 39 25 Disambiguation of Old Frisian relative pronouns: 36 42 21
  3. (indefinite) whoever, anyone Tags: indefinite Synonyms: hwāsā, ēnich
    Sense id: en-hwa-ofs-pron-zXiudEB5 Categories (other): Old Frisian indefinite pronouns, Old Frisian interrogative pronouns, Old Frisian pronouns, Old Frisian relative pronouns Disambiguation of Old Frisian indefinite pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian interrogative pronouns: 36 42 21 Disambiguation of Old Frisian pronouns: 35 39 25 Disambiguation of Old Frisian relative pronouns: 36 42 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈhwaː/, /ˈwaː/ [Late-Old-Frisian] Forms: hwā [canonical], huā [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han. Cognates include Old English hōn and Old Saxon hāhan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ofs|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*hą̄han}} Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han, {{cog|ang|hōn}} Old English hōn, {{cog|osx|hāhan}} Old Saxon hāhan Head templates: {{head|ofs|verb|head=hwā|sort=}} hwā, {{ofs-verb|head=hwā}} hwā
  1. (transitive) to hang Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hwa-ofs-verb-ofs:hang Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 20 0 15 21 0 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 0 16 22 0 42 Disambiguation of Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 0 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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