hwa

See also: hwa¹

Middle English

Pronoun

hwa

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

hwa

to die

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xwɑː/, [ʍɑː]

Pronoun

hwā

who (interrogative)
anyone, someone

Declension

Declension of hwā/hwæt

	Masculine and feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwā	hwæt
Accusative	hwone	hwæt
Genitive	hwæs	hwæs
Dative	hwām, hwǣm	hwām, hwǣm
Instrumental	hwȳ, hwon	hwȳ, hwon

Descendants

Middle English: who, ȝwo, ho, hoo, huo, quo, qwo, qwho, whoo, wo, woo; qua, wha; hwa, hwo, hwoa
- English: who
  - Northumbrian: whee, wheea
- Scots: wha
- Yola: fho, fo, vo

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhwaː/
(Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognates include Old English hwā and Old Saxon hwē.

Pronoun

hwā

(interrogative) who?
(relative) who, that
Synonyms: thī, thiu
(indefinite) whoever, anyone
Synonyms: hwāsā, ēnich

Descendants

West Frisian: wa

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han. Cognates include Old English hōn and Old Saxon hāhan.

Alternative forms

huā

Verb

hwā

(transitive) to hang

References

Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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