каквото
/[kɐˈkvɔto]/
Bulgarianpron
Grammatical form
каквото is the neuter singular form of какъ́вто — “who, that, which, whichever, this kind of (introduces a relative clause)”.
Definitions
- 1.whatever (introduces a headless relative clause)
Какво́ ще пра́виш сега́? — Какво́то тря́бва.
Kakvó šte práviš segá? — Kakvóto trjábva. — What will you do now? — Whatever is necessary.
Ще ти дам какво́то и́скаш.
Šte ti dam kakvóto ískaš. — I will give you whatever you want.
- 2.what (introduces a headless relative clause)
Ivan Vazov, Sǎh. XXIII, page 47, quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE/ И́стина е, какво́то ви е разпра́вял — ка́за Огнянов. Ístina e, kakvóto vi e razprávjal — káza Ognjanov.
“It's true what he told you,” said Ognyanov.
No etymology recorded for this word.
Forms
- какво́тоcanonical
- kakvótoromanization