wha
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑ/
- IPA(key): (colloquial) /wʌ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US, colloquial): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ
- Rhymes: -ʌ
Interjection
wha
- Pronunciation spelling of what.
- Wha? Speak up, I can't hear you!
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Dogrib
Noun
wha
Middle English
Pronoun
wha
- (Northern or Early Middle English) alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)
Scots
Alternative forms
- fa (Doric)
- whae (Southern Scots)
Etymology
From Middle English wha, northern variant of who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. See English who.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʍɑː/
Pronoun
wha