See babu on Wiktionary
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"6": "",
"f1sc": "Arab",
"f2sc": "Arab",
"head": "",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "babu (Jawi بابو)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"j": "بابو"
},
"expansion": "babu (Jawi بابو)",
"name": "tft-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Ternate",
"lang_code": "tft",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ternate intransitive verbs",
"Ternate terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"english": "children fall",
"text": "ngofa ibabu",
"translation": "children fall",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
1,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
1,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
9
]
],
"english": "they fell on the ground",
"roman": "ibabu toma kaha",
"text": "إبابو تم کاه",
"translation": "they fell on the ground",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(of humans) to fall"
],
"links": [
[
"fall",
"fall"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) (of humans) to fall"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "doro"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Ternate intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to be overthrown"
],
"links": [
[
"overthrown",
"overthrown"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to be overthrown"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈba.bu/"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "vep",
"2": "urj-fin-pro",
"3": "*papu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Finnic *papu",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *papu. The initial b- was introduced by analogy with Russian боб (bob).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "vep-decl-ilo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "babu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuiden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive-instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive-instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "babuikš",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "babus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuiš",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuspäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuišpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babul",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuil",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babulpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babule",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuile",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunke",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidenke",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babudme",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"prolative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidme",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prolative"
]
},
{
"form": "babunno",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidenno",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunnoks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidennoks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunnopäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"egressive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidennopäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"egressive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhusai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "babulesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "babussai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhupäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babulepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-ii",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "vep",
"2": "nouns",
"cat2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babu",
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "babu"
},
"name": "vep-decl-ilo"
}
],
"lang": "Veps",
"lang_code": "vep",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 16 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Veps entries with incorrect language header",
"Veps ilo-type nominals",
"Veps lemmas",
"Veps nouns",
"Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
"Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic"
],
"glosses": [
"bean"
],
"links": [
[
"bean",
"bean"
]
]
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "yij",
"2": "nouns"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yindjibarndi",
"lang_code": "yij",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 16 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yindjibarndi entries with incorrect language header",
"Yindjibarndi lemmas",
"Yindjibarndi nouns",
"yij:Family"
],
"glosses": [
"father"
],
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
]
]
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
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