kva
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forBagvalal.
Dialectal forms
- kvat(Nordhordland)
- kot,ku(Setesdal)
- ka(Sunnhordland, bracket form between 1938 and 1959)
- kå(Hallingdal, Sogn, Setesdal, Gudbrandsdal, Meldal)
- kø(Hallingdal)
- ko(vald, Hallingdal)
- ka,kæ(Trøndelag)
- ke(Trøndelag, Eastern Norway)
- håt,hot,høt,høtt(Telemark)
- hå,ha,hæ(east)
FromOld Norsehvat, fromProto-Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷód,*kʷod. Akin toEnglishwhat.
kva
- what (interrogative pronoun)
Kva er det?- What's that? /What is it?
- what (relative pronoun),which
- Synonym:kva for ein
Kva is vil du ha?- Which ice cream do you want?
kva
- what (conjunction)
Han veitkva han vil ha.- He knowswhat he wants.
kva
- what
- “kva” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
Alternative scripts
- 𑀓𑁆𑀯(Brahmi script)
- क्व(Devanagari script)
- ক্ৰ(Bengali script)
- ක්ව(Sinhalese script)
- ကွ orၵွ(Burmese script)
- กฺว orกวะ(Thai script)
- ᨠ᩠ᩅ(Tai Tham script)
- ກ຺ວ orກວະ(Lao script)
- ក្វ(Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄳𑄤(Chakma script)
Inherited fromSanskritक्व(kva,“where”).
kva
- (interrogative)where
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “ku”, inPali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
