hwi

See also: hwị

Cornish

Alternative forms

• why (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʍiː/, /ʍəɪ/

Pronoun

hwi

1. (Standard Written Form) you (formal or plural)

Kubo

Noun

hwi

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hwiː/

Adverb

hwī

1. why

Related terms

• hwiu
• hu
• hwo
• hwanne
• hwar