See -ow on Wiktionary
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},
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"1": "br",
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},
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}
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"text": "chi (“house”) + -ow → chiow (“houses”)",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "oy (“egg”) + -ow → oyow (“eggs”)",
"type": "example"
}
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"-s",
"-s#Etymology 1"
]
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}
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"2": "pox",
"3": "-"
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"2": "gml",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German",
"name": "der"
},
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"1": "ru",
"2": "-ов"
},
"expansion": "Russian -ов (-ov)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "pl",
"2": "-ów"
},
"expansion": "Polish -ów",
"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "sh",
"2": "-ov"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian -ov",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Grabow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Treptow"
}
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"_dis": "56 5 20 18",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "58 2 20 20",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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"A place name suffix found in parts of former East Germany (or along the former border, as in Lüchow)."
],
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[
"East Germany",
"East Germany#English"
],
[
"Lüchow",
"w:Lüchow"
]
],
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"idiomatic",
"morpheme"
]
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"A surname suffix."
],
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"morpheme"
]
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/o/"
},
{
"audio": "De--ow.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/De--ow.ogg"
}
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pl",
"3": "-ów"
},
"expansion": "Polish -ów",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ru",
"3": "-ов"
},
"expansion": "Russian -ов (-ov)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ow",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"2": "not productive"
},
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}
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gorbatschow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kalaschnikow"
}
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"A surname suffix found in names borrowed from Polish or Russian."
],
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"morpheme"
]
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"extra": "(-ov) in place names",
"word": "Russian -ов"
}
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"Romanisation of Russian -ов (-ov) in place names."
],
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[
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],
[
"-ов",
"-ов#Russian"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ɔf/"
}
],
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}
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"1": "yap",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ow",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yap",
"pos": "suffix",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [
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"Dual subject pronoun marker."
],
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"morpheme"
]
}
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}
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "-au"
},
"expansion": "Welsh -au",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "-où"
},
"expansion": "Breton -où",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate to Welsh -au, Breton -où.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-yow",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ow",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
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"Cornish lemmas",
"Cornish plural suffixes",
"Cornish suffixes",
"Cornish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"text": "chi (“house”) + -ow → chiow (“houses”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "oy (“egg”) + -ow → oyow (“eggs”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pluralization suffix, roughly equivalent to -s"
],
"links": [
[
"-s",
"-s#Etymology 1"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[oʊ]"
}
],
"word": "-ow"
}
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"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German suffixes",
"German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"German terms derived from Polabian",
"German terms derived from Polish",
"German terms derived from Russian",
"German terms derived from Slavic languages",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pox",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Polabian",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gml",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "-ов"
},
"expansion": "Russian -ов (-ov)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "-ów"
},
"expansion": "Polish -ów",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-ov"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian -ov",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From native West Slavic languages, such as Polabian. Chiefly through Middle Low German; in originally High German areas the same Slavic suffix usually yields -au.\nCompare Russian -ов (-ov), Polish -ów, Serbo-Croatian -ov, etc.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ow",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "not productive"
},
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"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"word": "Grabow"
},
{
"word": "Treptow"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"A place name suffix found in parts of former East Germany (or along the former border, as in Lüchow)."
],
"links": [
[
"East Germany",
"East Germany#English"
],
[
"Lüchow",
"w:Lüchow"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A surname suffix."
],
"tags": [
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"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/o/"
},
{
"audio": "De--ow.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/De--ow.ogg/De--ow.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/De--ow.ogg"
}
],
"word": "-ow"
}
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"categories": [
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"German lemmas",
"German suffixes",
"German terms derived from Polish",
"German terms derived from Russian",
"German terms derived from Slavic languages",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pl",
"3": "-ów"
},
"expansion": "Polish -ów",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ru",
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},
"expansion": "Russian -ов (-ov)",
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ow",
"name": "head"
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"2": "not productive"
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}
],
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"pos": "suffix",
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"word": "Gorbatschow"
},
{
"word": "Kalaschnikow"
}
],
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"A surname suffix found in names borrowed from Polish or Russian."
],
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"idiomatic",
"morpheme"
]
},
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"word": "Russian -ов"
}
],
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"Romanisation of Russian -ов (-ov) in place names."
],
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"Russian",
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],
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"-ов",
"-ов#Russian"
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"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɔf/"
}
],
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}
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"1": "yap",
"2": "suffix"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yap",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yapese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Dual subject pronoun marker."
],
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]
}
],
"word": "-ow"
}
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