See kaff on Wiktionary
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[
"kaff",
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],
[
"כף",
"כף#Yiddish"
],
[
"כַּף",
"כף#Hebrew"
],
[
"kaf",
"kaf"
],
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
]
],
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},
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},
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}
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}
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]
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"kaff",
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],
[
"כף",
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],
[
"כַּף",
"כף#Hebrew"
],
[
"kaf",
"kaf"
],
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
]
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"Luxembourgish terms derived from Hebrew",
"Luxembourgish terms derived from Yenish",
"Luxembourgish terms derived from Yiddish",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
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],
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"cant",
"cant"
],
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
]
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],
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}
]
}
],
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{
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"Middle English variant lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
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"alternative form of chaf"
],
"links": [
[
"chaf",
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]
],
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"alt-of",
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]
}
],
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}
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},
"expansion": "kaff",
"name": "head"
}
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{
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{
"word": "caff"
}
],
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"Pages with entries",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
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"alternative form of caff"
],
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"caff",
"caff#Scots"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "kaff"
}
Download raw JSONL data for kaff meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Jéinesch, cant",
"path": [
"kaff"
],
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"title": "kaff",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Jéinesch, cant",
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}
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