навошта

Univerbation of на (na) +‎ вошта (vóšta), variant of што (što). Corresponds to Ukrainian наві́що (navíščo).

• IPA^(key): [naˈvoʂta]

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наво́шта • (navóšta)

1. why, what for, to what end

   Near-synonym: чаму́ (čamú)

   Наво́шта ты ўчо́ра ўзяў з сабо́й парасо́н? ― Navóšta ty wčóra wzjaw z sabój parasón? ― Why did you bring an umbrella yesterday?

• наво́шта (navóšta) and чаму́ (čamú) can both be translated as "why?", but differ in that наво́шта (navóšta) means "for what purpose?/to what end?" whereas чаму́ (čamú) means "for what reason?/on what grounds?".

• заво́шта (zavóšta)
• нізаво́шта (nizavóšta)

• “навошта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org