wä
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa" and wae
Aiwoo[edit]
Verb[edit]
wä
References[edit]
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Central Franconian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From northern Middle High German wie, wē. The form wä instead of expected *wee after the original dative and accusative forms (Middle High German weme, wene).
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
wä (interrogative)
- (Ripuarian) who, whom
- Wä es dat? ― Who’s that?
- Wäm jiss de dat? ― To whom do you give that?
- Wä(m) sühs de? ― Whom do you see?
Usage notes[edit]
Categories:
- Aiwoo lemmas
- Aiwoo verbs
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian pronouns
- Ripuarian Franconian
- Central Franconian terms with usage examples