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gwà.
indefinite pronoun: to make someone/anyone, something/anything (see unit 6, Demonstrative pronouns)
gwÌ. someone/anyone, somebody/anybody, something/anything;
with outer causative/persuasive: for some/any reason;
with outer temporal: some/any time;
with outer locative: somewhere/anywhere;
etc.
Etymology
< NLem gw‑a
< LMLem, MLem gw‑yr ‘someone, anyone’
< OLem gw‑
< PLem *gw‑
< PIE *kʷ‑ós ‘who?’
Cognates
Eng who, what, Lat quis, quid ‘who, what’