wa in West Frisian

IPA: /vaː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fy|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|fy|ofs|hwā}} Old Frisian hwā, {{inh|fy|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ Head templates: {{head|fy|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} wa

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "hwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "West Frisian",
  "lang_code": "fy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 74 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Frisian interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Frisian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "wa't"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Who are you?",
          "text": "Wa binne jo?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (interrogative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wa-fy-pron-LaxlDlRQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wa"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wa't"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "hwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "West Frisian",
  "lang_code": "fy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 74 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
        "West Frisian interrogative pronouns",
        "West Frisian lemmas",
        "West Frisian pronouns",
        "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
        "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
        "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "West Frisian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Who are you?",
          "text": "Wa binne jo?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (interrogative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wa"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable West Frisian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"wa" meaning in West Frisian

Pronoun