See -a- on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "50 50",
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Final",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
"word": "-si-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili infixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
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{
"_dis1": "58 42",
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"word": "-a"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
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"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
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"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
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},
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
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},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
}
],
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"dated",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 52",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo, archived from the original on 2023-07-21:",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"present tense marker used in headlines"
],
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{
"_dis1": "42 58",
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"word": "-na-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "gæsta buþ"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish gæsta buþ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a, -ar"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "viðartré"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic viðartré",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "interfix",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 11 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"word": "bonna-"
}
],
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],
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],
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{
"word": "-e-"
}
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"archaic",
"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/a/"
}
],
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}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sq",
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{
"categories": [
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"Albanian lemmas",
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"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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],
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[
"interfix",
"interfix#English"
],
[
"empty morph",
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]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
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},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"Chichewa lemmas",
"Pages with 11 entries",
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],
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],
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"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English interfixes",
"English lemmas",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Medicine"
],
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},
{
"word": "cock-a-leekie"
},
{
"word": "half-a-crown"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-dandy"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-lantern"
},
{
"word": "Jack-a-Lent"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-napes"
},
{
"word": "jackanape"
},
{
"word": "John-a-dreams"
},
{
"word": "ragamuffin"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Jak"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "interfix"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"Connective interfix used in forming compounds, often no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
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{
"word": "o'"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
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"English conjunctions",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Medicine"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
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},
"expansion": "Middle English",
"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
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"pos": "conj",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1746, Exmoor Scolding, 3rd edition, section 81:",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"And"
],
"links": [
[
"And",
"and"
]
],
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{
"word": "an'"
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{
"word": "n'"
}
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Medicine"
],
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{
"word": "all-a-mort"
},
{
"word": "mano-a-mano"
},
{
"word": "vis-a-vis"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "à",
"4": "",
"5": "various prepositions"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "roa",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Romance",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "à la morte"
},
"expansion": "French à la morte",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French à (“various prepositions”) and related prepositions in other Romance languages. Also from related misunderstandings, as all-a-mort from French à la morte.",
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{
"form": "à",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-à-",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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{
"glosses": [
"Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Chemistry"
],
"glosses": [
"Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
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[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"carbon",
"carbon"
],
[
"ring",
"ring"
]
],
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"(chemistry) Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
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"morpheme"
],
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"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Medicine"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "rat"
},
"expansion": "Clipping of rat",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Clipping of rat.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"en:Pharmacology"
],
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"A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"links": [
[
"pharmacology",
"pharmacology"
],
[
"monoclonal antibody",
"monoclonal antibody"
],
[
"rat",
"rat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pharmacology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "interfix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-á-"
},
{
"word": "-e-"
},
{
"word": "-o-"
},
{
"word": "-ö-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hungarian interfixes",
"Hungarian lemmas",
"Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "fiatal (“young”) + -a- + -bb → fiatalabb (“younger”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A suffix-initial vowel (or linking vowel) inserted interconsonantally between the word stem and the suffix, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning."
],
"links": [
[
"suffix",
"suffix"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"linking",
"linking"
],
[
"interconsonantally",
"interconsonantally"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɒ]"
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "-o-"
},
"expansion": "Latin -o-",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-ο-"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "interfix",
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{
"categories": [
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish interfixes",
"Irish lemmas",
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"Irish terms derived from Latin",
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"-o- (linking vowel between morphemes)"
],
"links": [
[
"-o-",
"-o-"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lut",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Lushootseed",
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{
"categories": [
"Lushootseed entries with incorrect language header",
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"Lushootseed lemmas",
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"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"intrinsic derivational suffix or meaningless lexical linking element"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Mohawk entries with incorrect language header",
"Mohawk interfixes",
"Mohawk lemmas",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "moh",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "moh",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used in noun incorporation"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used when adding verb suffixes"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from the earlier and Old Norse genitive suffixes -a and -ar used in compounds. Akin to -e-.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "-an-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of -an-"
],
"links": [
[
"-an-",
"-an-#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_text": "See -a.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romani",
"lang_code": "rom",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romani entries with incorrect language header",
"Romani interfixes",
"Romani lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the oblique singular stem of oikoclitic feminine nouns"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili infixes",
"Swahili lemmas"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-cl",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "na-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "a-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cha-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "za-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"sense": "Final",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
"word": "-si-"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Swahili dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo, archived from the original on 2023-07-21:",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present tense marker used in headlines"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "bonna-"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "gæsta buþ"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish gæsta buþ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a, -ar"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-ar"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -ar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "viðartré"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic viðartré",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* In most words from an old plural genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, e.g. gästabud (“feast, banquet”), from Old Swedish gæsta buþ, genitive plural of gæster (“guest”), modern Swedish gäst.\n* In some words from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, -ar, from Old Norse -ar, e.g. dialectal veaträ (“log of wood”) from viþaträ, cf. Icelandic viðartré, standard Swedish vedträ.\n* Occasionally from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, the oblique form of weak masculines.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "interfix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-e-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish dialectal terms",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish interfixes",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(somewhat archaic or dialectal) Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a/"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Telegrammic: ka-1 desc=Telegrammic rest=ka-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
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],
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"trace": ""
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