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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "babudom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "babuism"
}
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"2": "hi",
"3": "बाबू"
},
"expansion": "Hindi बाबू (bābū)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From several Indian languages like Malayalam (ബാബു), Telugu (బాబు), Hindi बाबू (bābū).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babus",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Hinglish",
"tags": [
"India"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babu (plural babus)",
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
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},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1989, Amitav Ghosh, Shadow Lines",
"text": "I could see Kana-babu’s sweet-shop at the end of their lane with absolute clarity.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man"
],
"id": "en-babu-en-noun-ZQKlVGrq",
"links": [
[
"Hindu",
"Hindu#English"
],
[
"Mr.",
"Mr.#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"India"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, “His Chance in Life”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 57",
"text": "The Babu put on his cap and quietly dropped out of the window",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116",
"text": "From the prevailing colonial perspective, the English of the babus was error-ridden and characterised by over-elaborate ornateness, and for these ‘transgressions’ it became the butt of native-speaker ridicule.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official."
],
"id": "en-babu-en-noun-1XK4XoZW",
"links": [
[
"gentleman",
"gentleman"
],
[
"clerk",
"clerk"
],
[
"colonial",
"colonial"
],
[
"administration",
"administration"
],
[
"official",
"official"
]
],
"qualifier": "Originally",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Originally) a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official."
],
"tags": [
"India"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbɑːbuː/"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "baboo"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "kxd",
"2": "jv",
"3": "ꦧꦧꦸ",
"lit": "mother",
"t": "female servant"
},
"expansion": "Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kxd",
"2": "kaw",
"3": "babu",
"t": "mother; older servant"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "wawuh",
"t": "familiar, acquainted"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "babo"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese babo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "kxd",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"lang_code": "kxd",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 11 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A mother."
],
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"links": [
[
"mother",
"mother"
]
],
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{
"word": "mama"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "49 11 40",
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"name": "Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"An aunt."
],
"id": "en-babu-kxd-noun-VYH~Autv",
"links": [
[
"aunt",
"aunt"
]
]
},
{
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{
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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],
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"Term for any middle-aged or elderly woman."
],
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}
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"1": "bnn",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*babuy"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *babuy",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Austronesian *babuy.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "bnn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "babu",
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}
],
"lang": "Bunun",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "bnn",
"name": "Pigs",
"orig": "bnn:Pigs",
"parents": [
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Livestock",
"Mammals",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Vertebrates",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Chordates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pig (livestock)"
],
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"links": [
[
"pig",
"pig"
]
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
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"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "ms",
"3": "babu",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Malay babu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "ms",
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},
"expansion": "Inherited from Malay babu",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "jv",
"3": "ꦧꦧꦸ",
"lit": "mother",
"t": "female servant"
},
"expansion": "Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kaw",
"3": "babu",
"t": "mother; older servant"
},
"expansion": "Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "wawuh",
"t": "familiar, acquainted"
},
"expansion": "wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "babo"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese babo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Malay babu, from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”). Compare Portuguese babo.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babu-babu",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuku",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "babumu",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "babunya",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"pl": "duplication"
},
"expansion": "babu (plural babu-babu, first-person possessive babuku, second-person possessive babumu, third-person possessive babunya)",
"name": "id-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ba‧bu"
],
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Indonesian terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "memperbabu"
},
{
"word": "babu cuci"
},
{
"word": "babu dalam"
},
{
"word": "babu masak"
},
{
"word": "babu tetek"
}
],
"glosses": [
"housemaid"
],
"id": "en-babu-id-noun-fKBxuYk4",
"links": [
[
"housemaid",
"housemaid"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "jongos"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "babo"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbabu/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-bu"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "anq",
"2": "hi",
"3": "बाबू"
},
"expansion": "Hindi बाबू (bābū)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oon",
"2": "babu"
},
"expansion": "Önge babu",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hindi बाबू (bābū). Cognate to Önge babu.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "anq",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Jarawa",
"lang_code": "anq",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Jarawa entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
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"official, officer (of the Indian government of the Andamans)"
],
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[
"official",
"official"
],
[
"officer",
"officer"
],
[
"India",
"India"
],
[
"government",
"government"
],
[
"Andamans",
"Andamans"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/babu/"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "jv",
"2": "romanization",
"head": "",
"sc": "Latn"
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "jv-rom"
}
],
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"lang_code": "jv",
"pos": "romanization",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "ꦧꦧꦸ"
}
],
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Javanese entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Javanese romanizations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Javanese terms with redundant script codes",
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"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"Romanization of ꦧꦧꦸ"
],
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[
"ꦧꦧꦸ",
"ꦧꦧꦸ#Javanese"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
}
],
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}
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"1": "dsb",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
}
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{
"word": "baba"
}
],
"glosses": [
"accusative/instrumental singular of baba"
],
"id": "en-babu-dsb-noun-MMG~UZGx",
"links": [
[
"baba",
"baba#Lower Sorbian"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈbabu]"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mababu"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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"2": "ꦧꦧꦸ",
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "> Javanese: ꦧꦧꦸ (babu) (inherited)\n→ Brunei Malay: babu\n→ Malay: babu\n→ Indonesian: babu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ban",
"2": "ᬩᬩᬸ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "babu"
},
"expansion": "→ Balinese: ᬩᬩᬸ (babu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Balinese: ᬩᬩᬸ (babu)"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "kaw"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
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{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "mkh-pro",
"3": "*(ʔ)boʔ",
"t": "mother"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tea",
"2": "buk",
"t": "mother"
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{
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"1": "jhi",
"2": "baboʔ",
"t": "woman"
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"expansion": "Jehai baboʔ (“woman”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "vợ",
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"expansion": "Vietnamese vợ (“wife”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mnw",
"2": "ၝောံ",
"tr": "bɜ̀ʔ"
},
"expansion": "Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) (compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)).",
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"1": "kaw",
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"mother"
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"id": "en-babu-kaw-noun-zwYi7ypm",
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[
"mother",
"mother"
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],
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{
"word": "babu"
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{
"word": "bibi"
},
{
"word": "ibu"
},
{
"word": "iduṅ"
},
{
"word": "ina"
},
{
"word": "inaṅ"
},
{
"word": "induṅ"
},
{
"word": "janmayoni"
},
{
"word": "mātā"
},
{
"word": "matuh"
},
{
"word": "rena"
}
]
},
{
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"older servant"
],
"id": "en-babu-kaw-noun-RL52fVLc"
}
],
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"ipa": "/ba.bu/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-bu"
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],
"word": "babu"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "бабу",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babu (Cyrillic spelling бабу)",
"name": "sh-noun-form"
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],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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],
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{
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"glosses": [
"accusative singular of baba"
],
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"links": [
[
"baba",
"baba#Serbo-Croatian"
]
],
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"form-of",
"singular"
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}
],
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}
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"2": "adjectives"
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"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Shabo",
"lang_code": "sbf",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Shabo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"two"
],
"id": "en-babu-sbf-adj-P8TM~nRY",
"links": [
[
"two",
"two"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "sk",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Slovak entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"accusative singular of baba"
],
"id": "en-babu-sk-noun-jtvKKRSF",
"links": [
[
"baba",
"baba#Slovak"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈbabu]"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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"singular",
"translative"
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},
{
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"plural",
"translative"
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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"plural"
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{
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"illative",
"singular"
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{
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"plural"
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{
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"adessive",
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},
{
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"adessive",
"plural"
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},
{
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"ablative",
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},
{
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"ablative",
"plural"
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"abessive",
"singular"
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},
{
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"abessive",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "babunke",
"source": "inflection",
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"comitative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "babuidenke",
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"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"prolative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"plural",
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},
{
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"approximative-i",
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},
{
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},
{
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"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
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},
{
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"singular"
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},
{
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"plural"
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},
{
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"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
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},
{
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"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
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},
{
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"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
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},
{
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"additive",
"additive-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihepäi",
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"additive",
"additive-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"additive",
"additive-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilepäi",
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"additive",
"additive-ii",
"plural"
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],
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{
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{
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],
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{
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},
{
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[
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"aunt"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Term for any middle-aged or elderly woman."
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}
],
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],
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{
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{
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],
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{
"args": {
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],
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],
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{
"ref": "1989, Amitav Ghosh, Shadow Lines",
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],
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"ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, “His Chance in Life”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 57",
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"to be overthrown"
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"links": [
[
"overthrown",
"overthrown"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to be overthrown"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.bu]"
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vep",
"2": "urj-fin-pro",
"3": "*papu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Finnic *papu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "боб"
},
"expansion": "боб (bob)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *papu. The initial b- was introduced by analogy with Russian боб (bob).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "vep-decl-ilo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "babu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuiden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive-instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive-instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "babuikš",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "babus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuiš",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuspäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuišpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babul",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuil",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babulpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilpäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babule",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuile",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunke",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidenke",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babudme",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"prolative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidme",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prolative"
]
},
{
"form": "babunno",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidenno",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunnoks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidennoks",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babunnopäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"egressive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuidennopäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"egressive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhusai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "babulesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilesai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "babussai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "babuhupäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuihepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "babulepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "babuilepäi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-ii",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vep",
"2": "nouns",
"cat2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "vep-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "babu"
},
"name": "vep-decl-ilo"
}
],
"lang": "Veps",
"lang_code": "vep",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Veps entries with incorrect language header",
"Veps ilo-type nominals",
"Veps lemmas",
"Veps nouns",
"Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
"Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic"
],
"glosses": [
"bean"
],
"links": [
[
"bean",
"bean"
]
]
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yij",
"2": "nouns"
},
"expansion": "babu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yindjibarndi",
"lang_code": "yij",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yindjibarndi entries with incorrect language header",
"Yindjibarndi entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yindjibarndi lemmas",
"Yindjibarndi nouns",
"yij:Family"
],
"glosses": [
"father"
],
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
]
]
}
],
"word": "babu"
}
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