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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [ˈt͡sūːka] Audio: lv-riga-cūka.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *kyaw-, *kyū-, from a palatalized version (perhaps by onomatopoeia, by imitating this animal's sound) of Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *kū- (“to howl, to shout; cf. kaukt “to howl””). A parallel, non-palatalized version is probably reflected in placenames like Kūkas, perhaps originally a region with many wild boars. An even further palatalized version (where *ky > *ḱ > *š > Latvian s) may have given rise to placenames like Sauka, or, with a different suffix, to placenames in -saule like Jaunsaule, perhaps even to Lithuanian Šiauliai̇̃. A different (minoritary) theory derives čūka from an earlier *sūka, borrowed from Slavic (cf. Russian су́ка (súka)); another (minoritary) viewpoint connects cūka to imitative words used to call pigs, like Russian чух (čux)!, чух-чух (čux-čux)!, Belarusian, Ukrainian ацю! (acju!), Polish a ciu!, Latvian c̆uk-c̆uk!, Lithuanian čiùk-čiùk!, čiū́k-čiū́k! Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal čiūkà, kūkà, also čiūkùtis, kūkùtis (“piglet”), Russian dialectal чу́ха (čúxa), чухна́ (čuxná, “pig”). Etymology templates: {{der|lv|bat-pro|-}} Proto-Baltic, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*kew-}} Proto-Indo-European *kew-, {{cog|lv|-}} Latvian, {{cog|lt|Šiauliaĩ}} Lithuanian Šiauliai̇̃, {{bor|lv|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|ru|су́ка}} Russian су́ка (súka), {{cog|ru|чух}} Russian чух (čux), {{cog|be|-}} Belarusian, {{cog|uk|ацю|ацю!}} Ukrainian ацю! (acju!), {{cog|pl|a ciu|a ciu!}} Polish a ciu!, {{cog|lv|-}} Latvian, {{cog|lt|čiùk-čiùk|čiùk-čiùk!}} Lithuanian čiùk-čiùk!, {{cog|lt|-}} Lithuanian, {{cog|ru|-}} Russian Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|4th declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|head=cũka|head2=|sort=}} cũka f (4th declension), {{lv-noun|f|4th|head=cũka}} cũka f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|cūk|a|4th|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|cūk|a|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|cūka|cūkas|cūku|cūkas|cūkas|cūku|cūkai|cūkām|cūku|cūkām|cūkā|cūkās|cūka|cūkas|16=|type=4th|x=-60}} Forms: cũka [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], cūka [nominative, singular], cūkas [nominative, plural], cūkas [genitive, singular], cūku [genitive, plural], cūkai [dative, singular], cūkām [dative, plural], cūku [accusative, singular], cūkas [accusative, plural], cūku [instrumental, singular], cūkām [instrumental, plural], cūkā [locative, singular], cūkās [locative, plural], cūka [singular, vocative], cūkas [plural, vocative]
  1. pig (esp. Sus scrofa domesticus) Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-cūka-lv-noun--nfnSBVg Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pigs Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 21 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 34 20 2 Disambiguation of Pigs: 41 34 21 4
  2. female pig, sow Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-cūka-lv-noun-Q78avA5f Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Female animals, Pigs Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4 Disambiguation of Female animals: 9 59 25 7 Disambiguation of Pigs: 41 34 21 4
  3. (figuratively) pig (a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female) Tags: declension-4, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cūka-lv-noun-KL637g7A Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian words with level intonation, Pigs Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 20 55 9 Disambiguation of Pigs: 41 34 21 4
  4. (only plural) the name of a certain card game Tags: declension-4, plural
    Sense id: en-cūka-lv-noun-voJ9mS33 Categories (other): Card games Disambiguation of Card games: 35 12 10 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cūciņa (english: piglet), cūcisks (english: piggish), cūkāda (english: pigskin), cūkdelfīns (english: porpoise), cūkgaļa, cūkas gaļa (english: pork), cūkgans (english: swineherd), cūknātre (english: figwort) Related terms: kuilis, sivēns
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "piglet",
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      "word": "cūkāda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "translation": "porpoise",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūkgaļa"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pork",
      "translation": "pork",
      "word": "cūkas gaļa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "swineherd",
      "translation": "swineherd",
      "word": "cūkgans"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "figwort",
      "translation": "figwort",
      "word": "cūknātre"
    }
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      "*kyaw-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kyaw-"
    ],
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      "*kyū-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kyū-"
    ],
    [
      "palatalize",
      "palatalize"
    ],
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      "*kew-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kew-"
    ],
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      "*kū-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kū-"
    ],
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    ],
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      "kaukt",
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    ],
    [
      "Kūkas",
      "Kūkas#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "Sauka",
      "Sauka#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "Jaunsaule",
      "Jaunsaule#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "Šiauliai̇̃",
      "Šiauliai#Lithuanian"
    ],
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      "čūka",
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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Latvian/sūka"
    ],
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      "cf",
      "cf"
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      "су́ка",
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    ],
    [
      "cūka",
      "cūka#Latvian"
    ],
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      "чух",
      "чух#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "чух-чух",
      "чух-чух#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "ацю!",
      "ацю#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "a ciu!",
      "a ciu#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "c̆uk-c̆uk!",
      "cuk-cuk#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "čiùk-čiùk!",
      "čiuk-čiuk#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "čiū́k-čiū́k!",
      "čiūk-čiūk#Lithuanian"
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      "čiūkà",
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    ],
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      "kūkà",
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    ],
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      "čiūkùtis",
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    ],
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      "kūkùtis",
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    ],
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      "чу́ха",
      "чуха#Russian"
    ],
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      "чухна́",
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    ]
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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    },
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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        "3": "ацю!"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "a ciu",
        "3": "a ciu!"
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        "1": "lv",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "lt",
        "2": "čiùk-čiùk",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "args": {
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cūku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūkai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūkām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūkās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "4th declension",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cūk",
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        "5": "",
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    },
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        "1": "cūka",
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        "16": "",
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        "3": "cūku",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kuilis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sivēns"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 30 34 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 21 31 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 34 20 2",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 34 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "lv:Pigs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "domestic pig",
          "text": "mājas cūka",
          "translation": "domestic pig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "breeding pig",
          "text": "vaislas cūka",
          "translation": "breeding pig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "wild boar (lit. forest pig)",
          "text": "meža cūka",
          "translation": "wild boar (lit. forest pig)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the pig is squeaking, squealing",
          "text": "cūka kviec, rukšķ",
          "translation": "the pig is squeaking, squealing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "pig pen, pigsty",
          "text": "cūku kūts, aizgalds",
          "translation": "pig pen, pigsty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "pig breed",
          "text": "cūku šķirnes",
          "translation": "pig breed",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "lard (lit. pig fat)",
          "text": "cūku tauki",
          "translation": "lard (lit. pig fat)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to fatten a pig",
          "text": "nobarot cūku",
          "translation": "to fatten a pig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to slaughter a pig",
          "text": "kaut cūku",
          "translation": "to slaughter a pig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              0,
              5
            ],
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "pig meat (= pork)",
          "text": "cūkas gaļa, cūkgaļa",
          "translation": "pig meat (= pork)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the pig greeted him with small squeals",
          "text": "cūka viņu sagaidīja sīkiem rukšķiem",
          "translation": "the pig greeted him with small squeals",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pig (esp. Sus scrofa domesticus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cūka-lv-noun--nfnSBVg",
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "Sus scrofa domesticus",
          "Wikispecies:Sus scrofa domesticus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "32 30 34 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "english": "the sow with the piglets",
          "text": "cūka ar sivēniem",
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          "text": "viņu nosauca pazīstamu cilvēku klātbūtnē par cūku",
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          "text": "“cūkas” jeb “duraki” ir kāršu spēle, kuras mērķis ir atbrīvoties no rokās esošajām kārtīm",
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}
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      "translation": "piggish",
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    {
      "english": "pigskin",
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    {
      "english": "porpoise",
      "translation": "porpoise",
      "word": "cūkdelfīns"
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      "word": "cūkgaļa"
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    {
      "english": "pork",
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    {
      "english": "swineherd",
      "translation": "swineherd",
      "word": "cūkgans"
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      "english": "figwort",
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      "cūka#Latvian"
    ],
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      "чух-чух",
      "чух-чух#Russian"
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      "ацю!",
      "ацю#Ukrainian"
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      "a ciu#Polish"
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      "cuk-cuk#Latin"
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      "čiū́k-čiū́k!",
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      "čiūkutis#Lithuanian"
    ],
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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          "english": "the sow with the piglets",
          "text": "cūka ar sivēniem",
          "translation": "the sow with the piglets",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female pig, sow"
      ],
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        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "sow",
          "sow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4"
      ]
    },
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        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "he was called a pig in the presence of people he knew",
          "text": "viņu nosauca pazīstamu cilvēku klātbūtnē par cūku",
          "translation": "he was called a pig in the presence of people he knew",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pig (a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty#English"
        ],
        [
          "unhygienic",
          "unhygienic#English"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "villainous",
          "villainous#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) pig (a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "english": "“pigs,” or “fools,” is a card game whose objective it is to get rid of all the cards in one's hands",
          "text": "“cūkas” jeb “duraki” ir kāršu spēle, kuras mērķis ir atbrīvoties no rokās esošajām kārtīm",
          "translation": "“pigs,” or “fools,” is a card game whose objective it is to get rid of all the cards in one's hands",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the name of a certain card game"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
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          "game",
          "game"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only plural) the name of a certain card game"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡sūːka]"
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Lv-riga-c%C5%ABka.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:Mājas +"
  ],
  "word": "cūka"
}

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