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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
Adverb
kvi
- (poetic, dialectal, dated) why
Årolilja, Kvi søver du so lenge?- Årolilja, Why do you sleep so long?
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kví.
Noun
kvi f (definite singular kvii, indefinite plural kvier, definite plural kvierne)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of kve
References
- “kvi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.