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hwy

hwy

See also: hŵy and hwy.

Old English

Alternative forms

Adverb

hwȳ

  1. why

Pronoun

hwȳ

  1. instrumental singular of hwā
  2. instrumental singular of hwæt

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): [huːɨ]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): [hʊi]

Pronoun

hwy

  1. they; them.

Usage notes

Hwy is Literary Welsh. Colloquial Welsh uses nhw instead.

Etymology

From a presumed earlier *hwīe, from West Germanic *hwiu, from Proto-Germanic *hwī ‎(“with what”), to which the more common instrumental ending *-ō had been added. Cognate with Old High German hwiu ‎(instrumental case of hwaz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʍyː/

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