See בנא on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*banay-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/banay-"
],
[
"بَنَى",
"بنى#Arabic"
],
[
"בָּנָה",
"בנה#Hebrew"
],
[
"𒆕",
"banûm#Akkadian"
],
[
"𐎁𐎐𐎊",
"𐎁𐎐𐎊#Ugaritic"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*banay-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *banay-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "بَنَى"
},
"expansion": "Arabic بَنَى (banā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hbo",
"2": "בָּנָה",
"tr": "bɔnɔ́"
},
"expansion": "Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "akk",
"2": "banûm",
"3": "𒆕",
"tr": "banûm"
},
"expansion": "Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uga",
"2": "𐎁𐎐𐎊"
},
"expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *banay-. Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā), Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "בְּנָא",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "bənā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "verb",
"head": "בְּנָא",
"tr": "bənā"
},
"expansion": "בְּנָא • (bənā)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Aramaic",
"lang_code": "arc",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to build, to construct, to erect"
],
"id": "en-בנא-arc-verb-d8pCzr~N",
"links": [
[
"build",
"build"
],
[
"construct",
"construct"
],
[
"erect",
"erect"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to found"
],
"id": "en-בנא-arc-verb-sIm-NGPt",
"links": [
[
"found",
"found"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bnaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "בנא"
}
{
"categories": [
"Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
"Aramaic lemmas",
"Aramaic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
"Aramaic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
"Aramaic verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*banay-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/banay-"
],
[
"بَنَى",
"بنى#Arabic"
],
[
"בָּנָה",
"בנה#Hebrew"
],
[
"𒆕",
"banûm#Akkadian"
],
[
"𐎁𐎐𐎊",
"𐎁𐎐𐎊#Ugaritic"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*banay-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *banay-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "بَنَى"
},
"expansion": "Arabic بَنَى (banā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hbo",
"2": "בָּנָה",
"tr": "bɔnɔ́"
},
"expansion": "Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "akk",
"2": "banûm",
"3": "𒆕",
"tr": "banûm"
},
"expansion": "Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uga",
"2": "𐎁𐎐𐎊"
},
"expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *banay-. Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā), Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "בְּנָא",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "bənā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "verb",
"head": "בְּנָא",
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},
"expansion": "בְּנָא • (bənā)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Aramaic",
"lang_code": "arc",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to build, to construct, to erect"
],
"links": [
[
"build",
"build"
],
[
"construct",
"construct"
],
[
"erect",
"erect"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to found"
],
"links": [
[
"found",
"found"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bnaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "בנא"
}
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