"hwa" meaning in Old English

See hwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /xwɑː/, [ʍɑː]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|head=hwā}} hwā Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-hwa}} Forms: hwā [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], hwā [feminine, masculine, nominative], hwæt [neuter, nominative], hwone [accusative, feminine, masculine], hwæt [accusative, neuter], hwæs [feminine, genitive, masculine], hwæs [genitive, neuter], hwām [dative, feminine, masculine], hwǣm [dative, feminine, masculine], hwām [dative, neuter], hwǣm [dative, neuter], hwȳ [feminine, instrumental, masculine], hwon [feminine, instrumental, masculine], hwȳ [instrumental, neuter], hwon [instrumental, neuter]
  1. who (interrogative)
    Sense id: en-hwa-ang-pron-LaxlDlRQ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pronouns, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Old English pronouns: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 51 0 10 13 0 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 0 10 13 0 26
  2. anyone, someone
    Sense id: en-hwa-ang-pron-7olanPwi
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa\nEnglish: who\nGeordie English: whe\nScots: wha\nYola: fho, fo, vo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa\nEnglish: who\nGeordie English: whe\nScots: wha\nYola: fho, fo, vo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-hwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "hwā"
      },
      "expansion": "hwā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ang-decl-hwa"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 0 10 13 0 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 0 10 13 0 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The person who was healed didn't know who it was: Jesus had withdrawn from the crowd.",
          "roman": "Sē þe þǣr ġehǣled wæs nysse hwā hit wæs: sē Hǣlend sōðlīċe bēag fram þǣre ġaderunge.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 5:13",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (interrogative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwa-ang-pron-LaxlDlRQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anyone, someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwa-ang-pron-7olanPwi",
      "links": [
        [
          "anyone",
          "anyone"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwɑː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍɑː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English pronouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "who"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa\nEnglish: who\nGeordie English: whe\nScots: wha\nYola: fho, fo, vo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo, qua, wha, hwa, hwo, hwoa\nEnglish: who\nGeordie English: whe\nScots: wha\nYola: fho, fo, vo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-hwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwæs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "hwā"
      },
      "expansion": "hwā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ang-decl-hwa"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The person who was healed didn't know who it was: Jesus had withdrawn from the crowd.",
          "roman": "Sē þe þǣr ġehǣled wæs nysse hwā hit wæs: sē Hǣlend sōðlīċe bēag fram þǣre ġaderunge.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 5:13",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (interrogative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anyone, someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anyone",
          "anyone"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwɑː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍɑː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwa"
}

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