kva

See also: kVA

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialects

• kvat (Nordhordlandsk)
• kot, ku (Setesdal)
• ka (Sunnhordlandsk, bracket form between 1938 and 1959)
• kå (Hallingmål, Sognamål, Setesdal, Gudbrandsdal, Meldal)
• kø (Hallingmål)
• ko (vald, Hallingmål)
• ka, kæ (trø)
• ke (trø, Eastern Norway)
• håt, hot, høt, høtt (Telemål)
• hå, ha, hæ (east)

Etymology

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod. Akin to English what.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvaː/, [kʰʋɐ̞ː]
• Homophone: kvad

Pronoun

kva

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   Kva er det?

   What's that? / What is it?

2. what (relative pronoun), which

   Synonym: kva for ein

   Kva is vil du ha?

   Which ice cream do you want?

Conjunction

kva

1. what (conjunction)

   Han veit kva han vil ha.

   He knows what he wants.

Interjection

kva

1. what

References

• “kva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• क्व (Devanagari script)
• ক্ৰ (Bengali script)
• ක්‍ව (Sinhalese script)
• ကွ or ၵွ (Burmese script)
• กฺว or กวะ (Thai script)
• ᨠ᩠ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ກ຺ວ or ກວະ (Lao script)
• ក្វ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄳𑄤 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• kuva (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• कुव (Devanagari script)
• কুৰ (Bengali script)
• කුව (Sinhalese script)
• ကုဝ or ၵုဝ (Burmese script)
• กุว or กุวะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸວ or ກຸວະ (Lao script)
• កុវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• kuvaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀯𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• कुवं (Devanagari script)
• কুৰং (Bengali script)
• කුවං (Sinhalese script)
• ကုဝံ or ၵုဝံ (Burmese script)
• กุวํ or กุวัง (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᩅᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸວໍ or ກຸວັງ (Lao script)
• កុវំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑅇𑄁 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्व (kva, “where”).

Adverb

kva

1. (interrogative) where

Derived terms

• kvaci

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ku”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead