See maxaa on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*ma, *mi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "ما"
},
"expansion": "Arabic ما",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "מַה"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew מַה",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ha",
"2": "me"
},
"expansion": "Hausa me",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "om",
"2": "maal"
},
"expansion": "Oromo maal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aa",
"2": "maca"
},
"expansion": "Afar maca",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi. Compare Arabic ما, Hebrew מַה, Hausa me.\nCognate with Oromo maal, Afar maca.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "maxaa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Somali",
"lang_code": "so",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Somali pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "the Northern dialect of Somali",
"translation": "the Northern dialect of Somali",
"word": "af maxaa tiri"
},
{
"english": "what did you say?",
"translation": "what did you say?",
"word": "maxaa tiri"
},
{
"english": "The Af-Maay Maay dialect of Somali",
"translation": "The Af-Maay Maay dialect of Somali",
"word": "af maay maay"
},
{
"word": "maay"
},
{
"word": "maxay"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what"
],
"id": "en-maxaa-so-pron-dJqywNBs",
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"word": "maxaa"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "the Northern dialect of Somali",
"translation": "the Northern dialect of Somali",
"word": "af maxaa tiri"
},
{
"english": "what did you say?",
"translation": "what did you say?",
"word": "maxaa tiri"
},
{
"english": "The Af-Maay Maay dialect of Somali",
"translation": "The Af-Maay Maay dialect of Somali",
"word": "af maay maay"
},
{
"word": "maay"
},
{
"word": "maxay"
}
],
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"1": "so",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*ma, *mi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "ما"
},
"expansion": "Arabic ما",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "מַה"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew מַה",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ha",
"2": "me"
},
"expansion": "Hausa me",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "om",
"2": "maal"
},
"expansion": "Oromo maal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aa",
"2": "maca"
},
"expansion": "Afar maca",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi. Compare Arabic ما, Hebrew מַה, Hausa me.\nCognate with Oromo maal, Afar maca.",
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"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "maxaa",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang_code": "so",
"pos": "pron",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Somali entries with incorrect language header",
"Somali lemmas",
"Somali pronouns",
"Somali terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
"Somali terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic"
],
"glosses": [
"what"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"word": "maxaa"
}
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