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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "bakru # third-person plural perfect of bakar",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "+bakar"
},
"expansion": "bakru\n# third-person plural perfect of bakar",
"name": "mt-verb form"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"id": "en-bakru-mt-verb-47DEQpj8",
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "bakru"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"ǹ-kúlu",
"ǹ-kúlu#Kongo"
],
[
"*-kudu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kudu"
],
[
"bakúlu",
"bakúlu#Saramaccan"
],
[
"bakuú",
"bakuú#Aukan"
],
[
"baccoo",
"baccoo#English"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "kg",
"3": "ǹ-kúlu",
"t": "ancestors, the dead"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-kudu",
"t": "adult, senior"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-kudu (“adult, senior”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "bakúlu",
"t": "lower god, dwarf ghost"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan bakúlu (“lower god, dwarf ghost”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "bakuú",
"t": "evil spirit"
},
"expansion": "Aukan bakuú (“evil spirit”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "baccoo"
},
"expansion": "English baccoo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Kongo ǹ-kúlu (“ancestors, the dead”), from Proto-Bantu *-kudu (“adult, senior”). Cognate of Saramaccan bakúlu (“lower god, dwarf ghost”), Aukan bakuú (“evil spirit”). Compare English baccoo.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "bakru",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "srn",
"name": "Folklore",
"orig": "srn:Folklore",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an evil forest spirit represented as a ghost-like little man with a big head"
],
"id": "en-bakru-srn-noun-MiUMuIV~",
"links": [
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"forest",
"forest"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"represent",
"represent"
],
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"big",
"big"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bakɾu/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ba̠kɾu]"
},
{
"ipa": "[bɑ̟kɾu]"
}
],
"word": "bakru"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "bakru # third-person plural perfect of bakar",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "+bakar"
},
"expansion": "bakru\n# third-person plural perfect of bakar",
"name": "mt-verb form"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
"Maltese non-lemma forms",
"Maltese verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "bakru"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"ǹ-kúlu",
"ǹ-kúlu#Kongo"
],
[
"*-kudu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kudu"
],
[
"bakúlu",
"bakúlu#Saramaccan"
],
[
"bakuú",
"bakuú#Aukan"
],
[
"baccoo",
"baccoo#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "kg",
"3": "ǹ-kúlu",
"t": "ancestors, the dead"
},
"expansion": "Kongo ǹ-kúlu (“ancestors, the dead”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-kudu",
"t": "adult, senior"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-kudu (“adult, senior”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "bakúlu",
"t": "lower god, dwarf ghost"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan bakúlu (“lower god, dwarf ghost”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "bakuú",
"t": "evil spirit"
},
"expansion": "Aukan bakuú (“evil spirit”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "baccoo"
},
"expansion": "English baccoo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "bakru",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"Sranan Tongo lemmas",
"Sranan Tongo nouns",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Kongo",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation",
"srn:Folklore"
],
"glosses": [
"an evil forest spirit represented as a ghost-like little man with a big head"
],
"links": [
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"forest",
"forest"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"represent",
"represent"
],
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"big",
"big"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bakɾu/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ba̠kɾu]"
},
{
"ipa": "[bɑ̟kɾu]"
}
],
"word": "bakru"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'bakru # third-person plural perfect of bakar' in 'bakru # third-person plural perfect of bakar'",
"path": [
"bakru"
],
"section": "Maltese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "bakru",
"trace": ""
}
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