"beekuu" meaning in All languages combined

See beekuu on Wiktionary

Verb [Oromo]

IPA: /ˈbeːkúː/ Audio: Om-beekuu.ogg
Etymology: Cognate with Harar Oromo beekhu. Compare Somali beeg (“to measure”). Etymology templates: {{cog|hae|beekhu}} Harar Oromo beekhu, {{cog|so|beeg|t=to measure}} Somali beeg (“to measure”) Head templates: {{head|om|verb}} beekuu, {{term-label|om|infinitive}} (infinitive) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], beekuu [infinitive], beekaan jira [error-unrecognized-form, future], nanbeeka [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekeera [error-unrecognized-form, imperative], haa beeku [error-unrecognized-form, past], beeke [error-unrecognized-form], beekaarra [error-unrecognized-form], ni beeka [error-unrecognized-form, future], beekeerra [error-unrecognized-form, past], haa beeku [error-unrecognized-form, imperative], beeke [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekaarta [future, second-person, singular], ni beeka [past, second-person, singular], beekeetta [imperative, second-person, singular], beek [past, second-person, singular], beeke [second-person, singular], beekaartu [future, plural, second-person], ni beeku [past, plural, second-person], beekaniittu [imperative, plural, second-person], beekaa [past, plural, second-person], beekan [plural, second-person], beekaarti [error-unrecognized-form, future], ni beeki [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekeetti [error-unrecognized-form, imperative], beekte [error-unrecognized-form], beekaara [error-unrecognized-form], beekeera [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekaaru [error-unrecognized-form, future], ni beeku [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekaniiru [error-unrecognized-form, imperative], haa beekan [error-unrecognized-form, past], beekan [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (ambitransitive) to know Tags: ambitransitive, infinitive
    Sense id: en-beekuu-om-verb-Vk7G5aRj Categories (other): Oromo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Burji",
      "lang_code": "bji",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "beeha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hae",
        "2": "beekhu"
      },
      "expansion": "Harar Oromo beekhu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "beeg",
        "t": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali beeg (“to measure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Harar Oromo beekhu. Compare Somali beeg (“to measure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekuu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaan jira",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nanbeeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeerra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeetta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaartu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaniittu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeetti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaniiru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "beekuu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(infinitive)",
      "name": "term-label"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Oromo",
  "lang_code": "om",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Oromo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know"
      ],
      "id": "en-beekuu-om-verb-Vk7G5aRj",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) to know"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːkúː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Om-beekuu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Om-beekuu.ogg/Om-beekuu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Om-beekuu.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beekuu"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Burji",
      "lang_code": "bji",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "beeha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hae",
        "2": "beekhu"
      },
      "expansion": "Harar Oromo beekhu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "beeg",
        "t": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali beeg (“to measure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Harar Oromo beekhu. Compare Somali beeg (“to measure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekuu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaan jira",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nanbeeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeerra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeetta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beeke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaartu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaniittu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaarti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeetti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekeera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ni beeku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekaniiru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haa beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beekan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "beekuu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(infinitive)",
      "name": "term-label"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Oromo",
  "lang_code": "om",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Oromo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Oromo intransitive verbs",
        "Oromo lemmas",
        "Oromo terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Oromo transitive verbs",
        "Oromo verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) to know"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːkúː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Om-beekuu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Om-beekuu.ogg/Om-beekuu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Om-beekuu.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beekuu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for beekuu meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beekuu/Oromo 'I' base_tags={'present'}",
  "path": [
    "beekuu"
  ],
  "section": "Oromo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beekuu",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beekuu/Oromo 'we' base_tags={'infinitive'}",
  "path": [
    "beekuu"
  ],
  "section": "Oromo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beekuu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'she/little'",
  "path": [
    "beekuu"
  ],
  "section": "Oromo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beekuu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'he/it'",
  "path": [
    "beekuu"
  ],
  "section": "Oromo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beekuu",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beekuu/Oromo 'they' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "beekuu"
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  "section": "Oromo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beekuu",
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}

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