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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛtə/ [UK], /ˈweːtʌː/ [New-Zealand], /ˈwedə/ [New-Zealand] Forms: weta [plural], wetas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori wētā. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|mi|wētā}} Borrowed from Maori wētā Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} weta (plural weta or wetas)
  1. (New Zealand) Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets. Wikipedia link: en:weta Tags: New-Zealand Derived forms: giant weta Translations (New Zealand insect): wētā (Maori), уэ́та (uéta) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)

Verb [Igbo]

Forms: wetá [canonical]
Etymology: From we (“take”) + tá (“towards”). Head templates: {{head|ig|verb|head=wetá}} wetá, {{ig-pos|verb|wetá}} wetá, {{ig-verb|wetá}} wetá
  1. to bring.

Noun [Maori]

Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} weta, {{mi-noun}} weta
  1. filth; excrement
    Sense id: en-weta-mi-noun-mF5~vXP8 Categories (other): Feces Disambiguation of Feces: 100 0
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) no way; never! Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-weta-mi-noun-o9G1wRjo Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 13 38 12 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 38 13 12 13 11

Verb [Papiamentu]

Etymology: From Spanish aguaitar in the meaning of "to pay attention" or "to take care". Etymology templates: {{der|pap|es|aguaitar}} Spanish aguaitar Head templates: {{head|pap|verb}} weta
  1. to see
    Sense id: en-weta-pap-verb-6g1zNN7- Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈvɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta Etymology: See wet. Head templates: {{pl-noun|f}} weta f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-f}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], weta [nominative, singular], wety [nominative, plural], wety [genitive, singular], wet [genitive, plural], wecie [dative, singular], wetom [dative, plural], wetę [accusative, singular], wety [accusative, plural], wetą [instrumental, singular], wetami [instrumental, plural], wecie [locative, singular], wetach [locative, plural], weto [singular, vocative], wety [plural, vocative]
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of wet Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine, obsolete Alternative form of: wet
    Sense id: en-weta-pl-noun-FOOfzjQQ Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks, Desserts Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 24 28 Disambiguation of Desserts: 26 26 26 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈvɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=m-pr}} weta m pers
  1. genitive/accusative singular of wet Tags: accusative, form-of, genitive, masculine, person, singular Form of: wet
    Sense id: en-weta-pl-noun-yv5KlkY3 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Desserts Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 24 28 Disambiguation of Desserts: 26 26 26 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈvɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=n}} weta n
  1. inflection of weto:
    genitive singular
    Tags: form-of, genitive, neuter, singular Form of: weto
    Sense id: en-weta-pl-noun-Ms8d35WU Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Desserts Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 24 28 Disambiguation of Desserts: 26 26 26 22
  2. inflection of weto:
    nominative/accusative/vocative plural
    Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: weto
    Sense id: en-weta-pl-noun-DysuwEjv Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Desserts Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 24 28 Disambiguation of Desserts: 26 26 26 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Proto-Albanian]

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sqj-pro|ine-pro|*wétos||year}} Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”) Head templates: {{head|sqj-pro|noun|g=m}} *weta m
  1. year Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-weta-sqj-pro-noun-TLTqJVg8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Albanian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swazi]

Forms: wetá [canonical, class-1a], bówetá [class-2a, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English waiter. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ss|en|waiter}} Borrowed from English waiter Head templates: {{ss-noun|wetá|1a|2a|bówetá}} wetá class 1a (plural bówetá class 2a)
  1. waiter

Noun [Tocharian B]

Head templates: {{head|txb|noun|||||||||g=f|head=}} weta f, {{txb-noun||f}} weta f
  1. a battle, struggle Tags: feminine Derived forms (eweta (“in conflict”)): ewetaitstse (english: embattled)
    Sense id: en-weta-txb-noun-~ZGTjU5f Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "2": "mi",
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Maori wētā",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Maori wētā.",
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              83,
              87
            ]
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          "ref": "1982, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 5:",
          "text": "We came to know by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look on Willy's knee!’) […].",
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          "ref": "2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 10:",
          "text": "It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.",
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        "Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets."
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          "New Zealand",
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          "katydid",
          "katydid"
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        [
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "New Zealand insect",
          "word": "wētā"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uéta",
          "sense": "New Zealand insect",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweːtʌː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwedə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weta"
}

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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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        "to bring."
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "See wet.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        }
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        [
          "weto",
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        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "28 21 24 28",
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          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "weto#Polish"
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        "accusative",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛta"
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}

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        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
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        "class-2a",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swazi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swazi terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "struggle",
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        "feminine"
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  "word": "weta"
}

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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sqj-pro",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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}
{
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      "word": "giant weta"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "wētā"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Maori wētā",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Maori wētā.",
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    {
      "form": "weta",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "wetas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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              87
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              41
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        "Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets."
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        [
          "endemic",
          "endemic"
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        [
          "New Zealand",
          "New Zealand"
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        [
          "katydid",
          "katydid"
        ],
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ]
      ],
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        "New-Zealand"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛtə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweːtʌː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwedə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "New Zealand insect",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "uéta",
      "sense": "New Zealand insect",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уэ́та"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "From we (“take”) + tá (“towards”).",
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    {
      "form": "wetá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "verb",
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      "expansion": "wetá",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wetá"
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        "Igbo entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Igbo verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "to bring."
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        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
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    }
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  "word": "weta"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Pages with 7 entries",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weta",
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  "lang": "Maori",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "filth; excrement"
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        [
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          "excrement",
          "excrement"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maori idioms",
        "Maori vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no way; never!"
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        [
          "no way",
          "no way"
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          "never",
          "never"
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        "(idiomatic, vulgar) no way; never!"
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        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "weta"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pap",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "aguaitar"
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      "expansion": "Spanish aguaitar",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "weta",
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        "Pages with 7 entries",
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        "Papiamentu lemmas",
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        "Papiamentu verbs"
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        "to see"
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        [
          "see",
          "see"
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  "word": "weta"
}

{
  "categories": [
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    "Polish lemmas",
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    "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Polish non-lemma forms",
    "Polish noun forms",
    "Polish nouns",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:Polish/ɛta/2 syllables",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "weta",
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      "form": "wety",
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        "nominative",
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    {
      "form": "wety",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "wet",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "wecie",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "wetom",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "wetę",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wety",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wetą",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "wetami",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wecie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "wetach",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weto",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wety",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "Polish terms with obsolete senses"
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        "Alternative form of wet"
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        [
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        "(obsolete) Alternative form of wet"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛ.ta/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛta"
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}

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    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
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      "args": {},
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛ.ta/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛta"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛ.ta/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛta"
    }
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  "word": "weta"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "vit"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: vit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: vit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sqj-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wétos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sqj-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*weta m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sqj-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/weta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Albanian lemmas",
        "Proto-Albanian masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Albanian nouns",
        "Proto-Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "sqj-pro:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "year"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weta"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "waiter"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English waiter",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English waiter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wetá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bówetá",
      "tags": [
        "class-2a",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wetá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "bówetá"
      },
      "expansion": "wetá class 1a (plural bówetá class 2a)",
      "name": "ss-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swazi",
  "lang_code": "ss",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swazi class 1a nouns",
        "Swazi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swazi lemmas",
        "Swazi nouns",
        "Swazi terms borrowed from English",
        "Swazi terms derived from English",
        "Swazi terms with redundant sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waiter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weta"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "embattled",
      "sense": "eweta (“in conflict”)",
      "word": "ewetaitstse"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "weta f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "weta f",
      "name": "txb-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tocharian B",
  "lang_code": "txb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tocharian B feminine nouns",
        "Tocharian B lemmas",
        "Tocharian B nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a battle, struggle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weta"
}

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