kvi
See also: kví
Translingual
Symbol
kvi
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Kwang terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hví, dative of hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwī, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey. Cognate with Icelandic hví, Faroese hví, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Danish hvi, Swedish vi and English why.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋiː/
Adverb
kvi
- (poetic, dialectal, archaic) why
- 18xx, S. Bugge after Elen Rolleivstad from Fyresdal, the ballade about Bendik and Årolilja:
- Kungen han lete gullbrautinne byggje både store å håge,
Den, som tore gange dei, han sko kje sitt live njote.
Åralilja kvi søve du så lengji?- The king orders to build the golden ramparts both big and high,
The one, who dares to go over them, shouldn’t enjoy his life.
Årelilja, why do you sleep so long?
- The king orders to build the golden ramparts both big and high,
- 1946, Olav H. Hauge, I dag og i morgon:
- Eg lever og gløder, veit ikkje kvi -
- I live and glow, not knowing why -
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
kvi (present tense kvir, past tense kvidde, past participle kvidd or kvidt, present participle kvidande, imperative kvi)
- To be queasy or nervous in anticipation of something
Etymology 3
Noun
kvi f (definite singular kvii, indefinite plural kvier, definite plural kvierne)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of kve