"falama" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Choctaw]

Etymology: Cognate with Chickasaw falama, falumma. Compare Creek fúlketv. Etymology templates: {{cog|cic|falama}} Chickasaw falama, {{cog|mus|fúlketv}} Creek fúlketv Head templates: {{head|cho|verb}} falama
  1. To return from whence one came, to go back, to turn back. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-falama-cho-verb-DqKVWedl Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. To revert, to recoil, to relapse, to become as something was before. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-falama-cho-verb-8hBO-Zqs Categories (other): Choctaw entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Choctaw entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anumpa falama, itti̱ falama
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anumpa falama"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "itti̱ falama"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cic",
        "2": "falama"
      },
      "expansion": "Chickasaw falama",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mus",
        "2": "fúlketv"
      },
      "expansion": "Creek fúlketv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Chickasaw falama, falumma. Compare Creek fúlketv.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cho",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "falama",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Choctaw",
  "lang_code": "cho",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To return from whence one came, to go back, to turn back."
      ],
      "id": "en-falama-cho-verb-DqKVWedl",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "go back",
          "go back"
        ],
        [
          "turn back",
          "turn back"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Choctaw entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To revert, to recoil, to relapse, to become as something was before."
      ],
      "id": "en-falama-cho-verb-8hBO-Zqs",
      "links": [
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
        ],
        [
          "recoil",
          "recoil"
        ],
        [
          "relapse",
          "relapse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "falama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Choctaw entries with incorrect language header",
    "Choctaw intransitive verbs",
    "Choctaw lemmas",
    "Choctaw verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anumpa falama"
    },
    {
      "word": "itti̱ falama"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cic",
        "2": "falama"
      },
      "expansion": "Chickasaw falama",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mus",
        "2": "fúlketv"
      },
      "expansion": "Creek fúlketv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Chickasaw falama, falumma. Compare Creek fúlketv.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cho",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "falama",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Choctaw",
  "lang_code": "cho",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To return from whence one came, to go back, to turn back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "go back",
          "go back"
        ],
        [
          "turn back",
          "turn back"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To revert, to recoil, to relapse, to become as something was before."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
        ],
        [
          "recoil",
          "recoil"
        ],
        [
          "relapse",
          "relapse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "falama"
}

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