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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxtɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Syllabification: chto
Pronoun
chto
- (interrogative) who
- (relative) who
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “xto”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 56
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kto”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 1, page 799
- “chto”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxtɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Syllabification: chto
Pronoun
chto
- who
Declension
Declension of chto
| Case
|
Form
|
| Nominative
|
chto
|
| Genitive
|
kogo
|
| Dative
|
komu
|
| Accusative
|
kogo
|
| Instrumental
|
kim
|
| Locative
|
kim
|
References
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “chto”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “chto”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Polish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
chto m
- alternative form of kto
Polish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
chto m
- (Middle Polish or dialectal, Kuyavia, Podegrodzie, Żywiec) alternative form of kto
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “chto”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “chto”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354
- Karol Mátyás (1891) “chto”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 320
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxtɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Syllabification: chto
Pronoun
chto m pers
- (Opole, Niemodlin, Prudnik) alternative form of fto
Further reading