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"1": "id"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "root"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "root",
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{
"glosses": [
"occured"
],
"links": [
[
"occured",
"occured"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "besit"
}
{
"categories": [
"Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
"Indonesian lemmas",
"Indonesian nouns",
"Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch",
"Indonesian terms derived from Dutch",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
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{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "nl",
"3": "bezit",
"t": "possession; assets"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Dutch bezit (“possession; assets”).",
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{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "besit",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"property"
],
"links": [
[
"property",
"property"
]
]
}
],
"word": "besit"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "besit",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English non-lemma forms",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verb forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"word": "besittan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular present indicative of besittan"
],
"links": [
[
"besittan",
"besittan#Old_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/beˈsit/"
}
],
"word": "besit"
}
Download raw JSONL data for besit meaning in All languages combined (8.9kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: ordinary passive dibesit",
"path": [
"besit"
],
"section": "Indonesian",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "besit",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: emphatic-jussive besitlah",
"path": [
"besit"
],
"section": "Indonesian",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "besit",
"trace": ""
}
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