hwatu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Korean 화투 (hwatu), a Sino-Korean word from 花 (“flower”) + 鬪 (“fight”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfwɑːtu/, /ˈhwɑːtu/, /ˈwɑːtu/ Rhymes: -ɑːtu === Noun === hwatu (usually uncountable, plural hwatu) (card games, hanafuda) Hanafuda playing cards, especially hard plastic cards in a Korean style. (card games, hanafuda) Any game played using those cards, most commonly go-stop. == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwatu (“warning”), from Proto-Germanic *hwatō (“incitement”); compare Old Norse hvǫt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxwɑ.tu/, [ˈʍɑ.tu] === Noun === hwatu f omen, augury divination ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hwata ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whate, ȝwate, quate, qwate, wate, what, hwate (Early Middle English) ==== References ==== Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2024), “hwatu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.