See biwa on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ja",
"3": "琵琶",
"tr": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 琵琶 (biwa)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bipa",
"3": "pipa"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of bipa and pipa",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowing from Japanese 琵琶 (biwa). Doublet of bipa and pipa.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "biwas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "biwa",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "biwa (plural biwas or biwa)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Marathi terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "String instruments",
"orig": "en:String instruments",
"parents": [
"Musical instruments",
"Music",
"Tools",
"Art",
"Sound",
"Technology",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone."
],
"id": "en-biwa-en-noun-5fGQ3jAV",
"links": [
[
"lute",
"lute"
],
[
"classical",
"classical"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"twang",
"twang"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Rìběn pípa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "日本琵琶"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"alt": "びわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "biwa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "琵琶"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biwa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "비와"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "bivā",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बिवा"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bíva",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "би́ва"
}
]
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "ja",
"3": "琵琶湖",
"4": "",
"5": "Lake Biwa",
"tr": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 琵琶湖 (biwa, “Lake Biwa”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Japanese 琵琶湖 (biwa, “Lake Biwa”), referring to where the pearls are first cultured.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"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": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cultured freshwater pearls, especially referring to the flat type of biwa pearls."
],
"id": "en-biwa-id-noun-5HdXqNld",
"links": [
[
"Cultured freshwater pearls",
"Cultured freshwater pearls"
],
[
"biwa pearls",
"biwa pearls"
]
]
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "romanization",
"head": "",
"sc": "Latn"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "romanization",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "びわ"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese romanizations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rōmaji transcription of びわ"
],
"id": "en-biwa-ja-romanization-l7A784uM",
"links": [
[
"Rōmaji",
"romaji"
],
[
"びわ",
"びわ#Japanese"
]
],
"tags": [
"Rōmaji",
"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "ビワ"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese romanizations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rōmaji transcription of ビワ"
],
"id": "en-biwa-ja-romanization-rM2C9e-l",
"links": [
[
"Rōmaji",
"romaji"
],
[
"ビワ",
"ビワ#Japanese"
]
],
"tags": [
"Rōmaji",
"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "szy",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sakizaya",
"lang_code": "szy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sakizaya entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"loquat tree"
],
"id": "en-biwa-szy-noun-k7-ZMaSj",
"links": [
[
"loquat",
"loquat"
],
[
"tree",
"tree"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bi.ˈwa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bi.ˈwa]"
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ja",
"3": "琵琶",
"tr": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 琵琶 (biwa)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bipa",
"3": "pipa"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of bipa and pipa",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowing from Japanese 琵琶 (biwa). Doublet of bipa and pipa.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "biwas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "biwa",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "biwa (plural biwas or biwa)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English indeclinable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms borrowed from Japanese",
"English terms derived from Japanese",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"Marathi terms with redundant transliterations",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"en:String instruments"
],
"glosses": [
"A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone."
],
"links": [
[
"lute",
"lute"
],
[
"classical",
"classical"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"twang",
"twang"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Rìběn pípa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "日本琵琶"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"alt": "びわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "biwa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "琵琶"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biwa",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "비와"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lute",
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "bivā",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बिवा"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biwa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bíva",
"sense": "lute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "би́ва"
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "ja",
"3": "琵琶湖",
"4": "",
"5": "Lake Biwa",
"tr": "biwa"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 琵琶湖 (biwa, “Lake Biwa”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Japanese 琵琶湖 (biwa, “Lake Biwa”), referring to where the pearls are first cultured.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
"Indonesian lemmas",
"Indonesian nouns",
"Indonesian terms borrowed from Japanese",
"Indonesian terms derived from Japanese",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Cultured freshwater pearls, especially referring to the flat type of biwa pearls."
],
"links": [
[
"Cultured freshwater pearls",
"Cultured freshwater pearls"
],
[
"biwa pearls",
"biwa pearls"
]
]
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese non-lemma forms",
"Japanese romanizations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "romanization",
"head": "",
"sc": "Latn"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "romanization",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "びわ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rōmaji transcription of びわ"
],
"links": [
[
"Rōmaji",
"romaji"
],
[
"びわ",
"びわ#Japanese"
]
],
"tags": [
"Rōmaji",
"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "ビワ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rōmaji transcription of ビワ"
],
"links": [
[
"Rōmaji",
"romaji"
],
[
"ビワ",
"ビワ#Japanese"
]
],
"tags": [
"Rōmaji",
"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "szy",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "biwa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sakizaya",
"lang_code": "szy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sakizaya entries with incorrect language header",
"Sakizaya lemmas",
"Sakizaya nouns",
"Sakizaya terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"loquat tree"
],
"links": [
[
"loquat",
"loquat"
],
[
"tree",
"tree"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bi.ˈwa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bi.ˈwa]"
}
],
"word": "biwa"
}
Download raw JSONL data for biwa meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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.