hwi - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: hwị

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ʍiː/, /ʍəɪ/

hwi

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

hwi

1. water

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

hwī

1. Alternative form of hwȳ

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

• IPA^(key): /hwiː/

hwī

1. why
   • Heliand, verse 2026-2027

     Te huī sprikis thū thes wīf, sō filu manos mī far thesoro mėnigi?

     Why do you speak of that, woman, so much (you) remind me pressingly in front of this crowd?

• hwiu
• hu
• hwo
• hwanne
• hwar