vä

Estonian

Etymology

A reduction of või.

Conjunction

vä

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence)
    Kas ma pean tulema vä? ― Do I have to come?
    Ma pean tulema vä? ― Do I have to come?

Usage notes

The particle can be used together with the formal interrogative particle, kas, for more emphasis.

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʋɛ́ː]
    Rhymes: -ɛ́ː

Noun

vä n

  1. bet

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʋɛ], [ʋe̞]

Preposition

vä

  1. Alternative form of wä

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʋɛ], [ʋe̞], [ʋe]

Pronoun

vä

  1. Alternative form of ve
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