hwo

See also: hwɔ̌

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Hwona.

Symbol

hwo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hwana.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hwana terms

Lakota

Particle

hwo

1. question-marking particle used by men in formal speech

   Mázaškaŋškaŋ tóna hwo? ― what time is it?

Alternative forms

• huwó
• huŋwó

Synonyms

• he (used by women)

Middle English

Pronoun

hwo

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hwoː/

Adverb

hwō

1. how

Conjunction

hwō

1. how
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 4455

     ...ja hwō siu an themu endie skal teglīden endi tegangen.

     ...and how it must glide away and dissolve in the end.

Synonyms

• hu