See alaaf on Wiktionary
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[
"Cologne",
"Cologne"
],
[
"ellef",
"ellef#Central_Franconian"
],
[
"all",
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],
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]
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"4": "",
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},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"parts": [
"alaaf"
]
}
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "intj",
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
63,
68
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
76,
81
]
],
"english": "You shouldn't teach about Carnaval in class. Carnaval should be celebrated. Alaaf.",
"ref": "2000, Harrie Rook, “CARNAVAL”, in nl.onderwijs.algemeen (Usenet):",
"text": "Over carnaval moet je geen les geven. Carnaval moet je vieren. Alaaf.",
"translation": "You shouldn't teach about Carnaval in class. Carnaval should be celebrated. Alaaf.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A greeting used during carnaval."
],
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]
],
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],
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{
"word": "salaai"
}
],
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"Limburg"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/aːˈlaːf/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑˈlaːf/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aːf"
}
],
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}
{
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[
"Cologne",
"Cologne"
],
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"ellef",
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],
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"all",
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],
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"af",
"af#Central_Franconian"
]
],
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "intj",
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"A greeting used during Carnival."
],
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],
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"word": "helau"
}
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}
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}
],
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}
{
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[
"Cologne",
"Cologne"
],
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"ellef",
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"all",
"all#Central_Franconian"
],
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"af",
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]
],
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "intj",
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"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch greetings",
"Dutch interjections",
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"Dutch terms derived from Kölsch",
"Dutch terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/aːf",
"Rhymes:Dutch/aːf/2 syllables",
"nl:Carnaval"
],
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63,
68
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],
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76,
81
]
],
"english": "You shouldn't teach about Carnaval in class. Carnaval should be celebrated. Alaaf.",
"ref": "2000, Harrie Rook, “CARNAVAL”, in nl.onderwijs.algemeen (Usenet):",
"text": "Over carnaval moet je geen les geven. Carnaval moet je vieren. Alaaf.",
"translation": "You shouldn't teach about Carnaval in class. Carnaval should be celebrated. Alaaf.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A greeting used during carnaval."
],
"links": [
[
"carnaval",
"carnaval#Dutch"
]
],
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"(Brabant, Limburg) A greeting used during carnaval."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "salaai"
}
],
"tags": [
"Brabant",
"Limburg"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/aːˈlaːf/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑˈlaːf/"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Nl-alaaf.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aːf"
}
],
"word": "alaaf"
}
{
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[
"Cologne",
"Cologne"
],
[
"ellef",
"ellef#Central_Franconian"
],
[
"all",
"all#Central_Franconian"
],
[
"af",
"af#Central_Franconian"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ksh",
"3": "ellef",
"4": "",
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},
"expansion": "Kölsch ellef (“eleven”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Originally from the carnival tradition of Cologne: either from Kölsch ellef (“eleven”) or all af (“all gone”).",
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"1": "de",
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},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "intj",
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"German interjections",
"German lemmas",
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"A greeting used during Carnival."
],
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[
"Carnival",
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]
],
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"(chiefly Cologne and Northern Germany) A greeting used during Carnival."
]
}
],
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},
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},
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"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"sense": "chiefly Dusseldorf, Mainz and Southern Germany",
"word": "helau"
}
],
"word": "alaaf"
}
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