See dayaʼ on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"Dayak",
"Dayak#Malay"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "ms",
"3": "Dayak",
"t": "Dayak"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Malay Dayak (“Dayak”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay Dayak (“Dayak”), originally referring to the indigenous people of Borneo. In Makassar, the meaning shifted under the influence of cinema to refer to Native Americans due to perceived similarities in tribal depictions on screen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dayaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "dayaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dayaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨉᨐ or 𑻧𑻬, definite dayaka, 3rd person possessive dayaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"da",
"yaʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Makasar entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Makasar terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mak",
"name": "Cinematography",
"orig": "mak:Cinematography",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "ammake dayaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "bunduʼ dayaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "pakeang dayaʼ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a Native American; an Indian (as depicted in movies)"
],
"id": "en-dayaʼ-mak-noun-5fu6Br44",
"links": [
[
"cinematography",
"cinematography"
],
[
"Native American",
"Native American"
],
[
"Indian",
"Indian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Makasar, slang, cinematography) a Native American; an Indian (as depicted in movies)"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"broadcasting",
"cinematography",
"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdajaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈda.jaʔ]"
}
],
"word": "dayaʼ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "ammake dayaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "bunduʼ dayaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "pakeang dayaʼ"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"Dayak",
"Dayak#Malay"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "ms",
"3": "Dayak",
"t": "Dayak"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Malay Dayak (“Dayak”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay Dayak (“Dayak”), originally referring to the indigenous people of Borneo. In Makassar, the meaning shifted under the influence of cinema to refer to Native Americans due to perceived similarities in tribal depictions on screen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dayaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "dayaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dayaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨉᨐ or 𑻧𑻬, definite dayaka, 3rd person possessive dayaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"da",
"yaʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Makasar entries with incorrect language header",
"Makasar lemmas",
"Makasar nouns",
"Makasar slang",
"Makasar terms borrowed from Malay",
"Makasar terms derived from Malay",
"Makasar terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"mak:Cinematography"
],
"glosses": [
"a Native American; an Indian (as depicted in movies)"
],
"links": [
[
"cinematography",
"cinematography"
],
[
"Native American",
"Native American"
],
[
"Indian",
"Indian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Makasar, slang, cinematography) a Native American; an Indian (as depicted in movies)"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"broadcasting",
"cinematography",
"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdajaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈda.jaʔ]"
}
],
"word": "dayaʼ"
}
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