"問う" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [to̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: ⟨to₁pu⟩ → */tʷopu/ → /toɸu/ → /tou/ From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨to₁pu⟩}} ⟨to₁pu⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-verb|とう|hhira=とふ|tr=trans|type=1s}} 問(と)う • (tou) ^(←とふ (tofu)?)transitive godan (stem 問(と)い (toi), past 問(と)うた (tōta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|と|4-p}} Forms: 問う [canonical] (ruby: ()), tou [romanization], 問い [stem] (ruby: ()), 問うた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 問わ [error-unrecognized-form], とわ [error-unrecognized-form], towa [error-unrecognized-form], 問い [error-unrecognized-form], とい [error-unrecognized-form], toi [error-unrecognized-form], 問う [error-unrecognized-form], とう [error-unrecognized-form], tou [error-unrecognized-form], 問え [error-unrecognized-form], とえ [error-unrecognized-form], toe [error-unrecognized-form], 問われる [passive], とわれる [passive], towareru [passive], 問わせる [causative], 問わす [causative], とわせる [causative], とわす [causative], towaseru [causative], towasu [causative], 問える [potential], とえる [potential], toeru [potential], 問おう [volitional], とおう [volitional], toō [volitional], 問わない [negative], とわない [negative], towanai [negative], 問わず [continuative, negative], とわず [continuative, negative], towazu [continuative, negative], 問います [formal], といます [formal], toimasu [formal], 問うた [perfective], とうた [perfective], touta [perfective], 問うて [conjunctive], とうて [conjunctive], toute [conjunctive], 問えば [conditional, hypothetical], とえば [conditional, hypothetical], toeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 問は [irrealis, stem], とは [irrealis, stem], tofa [irrealis], 問ひ [continuative, stem], とひ [continuative, stem], tofi [continuative], 問ふ [stem, terminative], とふ [stem, terminative], tofu [terminative], 問ふ [attributive, stem], とふ [attributive, stem], tofu [attributive], 問へ [realis, stem], とへ [realis, stem], tofe [realis], 問へ [imperative, stem], とへ [imperative, stem], tofe [imperative], 問はず [negative], とはず [negative], tofazu [negative], 問へど [contrastive], とへど [contrastive], tofedo [contrastive], 問へば [causative], とへば [causative], tofeba [causative], 問はば [conditional], とはば [conditional], tofaba [conditional], 問ひき [past], とひき [past], tofiki [past], 問ひけり [past], とひけり [past], tofikeri [past], 問ひつ [perfect], とひつ [perfect], tofitu [perfect], 問ひぬ [perfect], とひぬ [perfect], tofinu [perfect], 問へり [continuative, perfect], 問ひたり [continuative, perfect], とへり [continuative, perfect], とひたり [continuative, perfect], toferi [continuative, perfect], tofitari [continuative, perfect], 問はむ [volitional], とはむ [volitional], tofamu [volitional]
  1. to ask; to inquire
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-VZb94qvr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30
  2. to accuse (of a crime)
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-Kw8Ri3P1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30
  3. to care (about), have regard (for)
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-0gDJuFq6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 訪う (tou) (ruby: ()) (english: seek, visit), 問い (toi) (ruby: ()) Related terms: 洋の東西を問わず (yō no tōzai o towazu) (ruby: (よう), (とう), 西(ざい), ())

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "seek, visit",
      "roman": "tou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "訪",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "訪う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "toi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問い"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "IPAfont"
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    }
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          "問",
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    },
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          "問",
          "と"
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    },
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      "form": "問うた",
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          "問",
          "と"
        ]
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "とわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "towa",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "問い",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "とい",
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    },
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "問う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "とう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "tou",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "といます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とう",
        "hhira": "とふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1s"
      },
      "expansion": "問(と)う • (tou) ^(←とふ (tofu)?)transitive godan (stem 問(と)い (toi), past 問(と)うた (tōta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yō no tōzai o towazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "洋の東西を問わず"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "29 39 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: tofu",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "問う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.