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, issue 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]
- In most dialects, the form wä is used for nominative and accusative, while the dative is wäm.
- In westernmost Ripuarian, wä is nominative, while wöm or wäm is object case.
Westrobothnian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
wä
- (with accusative, with dative) with
- Falkjä gjär sä fult wä ȯuwun sä du kȧn int wara lawi dȯm.
- The people are so full of envy that you cannot be among them.
- (with accusative, with dative) beside, near
- Lägg ne ä vä spisom!
- Put it down by the stove!
Derived terms[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
- Westrobothnian terms derived from Old Norse
- Westrobothnian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Westrobothnian lemmas
- Westrobothnian prepositions
- Westrobothnian terms with usage examples