kva
See also: kVA
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- kvat
Dialects
- kvat (nhl)
- kot, ku (set)
- ka (shl) (bracket form between 1938 and 1959)
- kå (gbr, hal, sog, set)
- kø (hal)
- ko (vald, hal)
- ka, ke, kå, kæ (trø)
- håt, hot, høt (tel)
- hå, ha, hæ (east)
Etymology
From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod. Akin to English what.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kvaː/, [kʰʋɐ̞ː]
- Homophone: kvad
Pronoun
kva
- what (interrogative pronoun)
- Kva er det?
- What's that? / What is it?
- what (relative pronoun), which
- Synonym: kva for ein
- Kva is vil du ha?
- Which ice cream do you want?
Conjunction
kva
- what (conjunction)
- Han veit kva han vil ha.
- He knows what he wants.
Interjection
kva
- what
References
- “kva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- क्व (Devanagari script)
- ক্ৰ (Bengali script)
- ක්ව (Sinhalese script)
- ကွ or ၵွ (Burmese script)
- กฺว or กวะ (Thai script)
- ᨠ᩠ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ກ຺ວ or ກວະ (Lao script)
- ក្វ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄳𑄤 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- kuva (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- कुव (Devanagari script)
- কুৰ (Bengali script)
- කුව (Sinhalese script)
- ကုဝ or ၵုဝ (Burmese script)
- กุว or กุวะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຸວ or ກຸວະ (Lao script)
- កុវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄪𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- kuvaṃ (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀯𑀁 (Brahmi script)
- कुवं (Devanagari script)
- কুৰং (Bengali script)
- කුවං (Sinhalese script)
- ကုဝံ or ၵုဝံ (Burmese script)
- กุวํ or กุวัง (Thai script)
- ᨠᩩᩅᩴ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຸວໍ or ກຸວັງ (Lao script)
- កុវំ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄪𑅇𑄁 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit क्व (kva, “where”).
Adverb
kva
- (interrogative) where
Derived terms
- kvaci
References
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “ku”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead