See Kéiseker on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Derived from Kéis (“cheese”) because of a popular belief (also found in parts of the Rhineland) that the hedgehog drinks from cow udders at night. Formally perhaps an alteration of the variant Kéiselek, which is equivalent to an English *cheeseling.", "forms": [ { "form": "Kéiseker", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "m", "2": "Kéiseker" }, "expansion": "Kéiseker m (plural Kéiseker)", "name": "lb-noun" } ], "lang": "Luxembourgish", "lang_code": "lb", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "lb", "name": "Mammals", "orig": "lb:Mammals", "parents": [ "Vertebrates", "Chordates", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "hedgehog" ], "id": "en-Kéiseker-lb-noun-BkpDgytP", "links": [ [ "hedgehog", "hedgehog" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Igel" }, { "english": "superseded spelling", "word": "Kéisécker" }, { "tags": [ "dialectal" ], "word": "Kéiselek" } ], "tags": [ "masculine" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈkei̯zeker/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈkɜɪ̯.ze.kɐ]" } ], "word": "Kéiseker" }
{ "etymology_text": "Derived from Kéis (“cheese”) because of a popular belief (also found in parts of the Rhineland) that the hedgehog drinks from cow udders at night. Formally perhaps an alteration of the variant Kéiselek, which is equivalent to an English *cheeseling.", "forms": [ { "form": "Kéiseker", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "m", "2": "Kéiseker" }, "expansion": "Kéiseker m (plural Kéiseker)", "name": "lb-noun" } ], "lang": "Luxembourgish", "lang_code": "lb", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header", "Luxembourgish lemmas", "Luxembourgish masculine nouns", "Luxembourgish nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "lb:Mammals" ], "glosses": [ "hedgehog" ], "links": [ [ "hedgehog", "hedgehog" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Igel" } ], "tags": [ "masculine" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈkei̯zeker/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈkɜɪ̯.ze.kɐ]" } ], "synonyms": [ { "english": "superseded spelling", "word": "Kéisécker" }, { "tags": [ "dialectal" ], "word": "Kéiselek" } ], "word": "Kéiseker" }
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