See cacique on Wiktionary
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"Spanish terms derived from Taíno",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
"es:Icterids",
"es:Leaders"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cacicada"
},
{
"word": "cacical"
},
{
"word": "cacicato"
},
{
"word": "cacicatura"
},
{
"word": "cacicazgo"
},
{
"word": "cacique veranero"
},
{
"word": "caciquear"
},
{
"word": "caciquil"
},
{
"word": "caciquismo"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "cacic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: cacic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: cacic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cacique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: cacique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: cacique"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cacique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: cacique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: cacique"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "cacique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: cacique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: cacique"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Kazike",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Kazike",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Kazike"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cacique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: cacique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: cacique"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "tnq",
"3": "*kasike",
"4": "",
"5": "chieftain"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "arw",
"3": "kassequa",
"4": "",
"5": "chieftain; power"
},
"expansion": "Lokono kassequa (“chieftain; power”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”) or Lokono kassequa (“chieftain; power”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "caciques",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cacique",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "cacica",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "caciques",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cacicas",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"f": "cacique",
"f2": "cacica"
},
"expansion": "cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacique or cacica, feminine plural caciques or cacicas)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ca‧ci‧que"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)"
],
"links": [
[
"chieftain",
"chieftain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)"
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"powerful person, fat cat"
],
"links": [
[
"powerful",
"powerful"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"fat cat",
"fat cat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) powerful person, fat cat"
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"es:Ornithology"
],
"glosses": [
"cacique (bird)"
],
"links": [
[
"ornithology",
"ornithology"
],
[
"cacique",
"cacique#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ornithology) cacique (bird)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"ornithology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaˈθike/",
"tags": [
"Spain"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaˈθi.ke]",
"tags": [
"Spain"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaˈsike/",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaˈsi.ke]",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ike"
}
],
"word": "cacique"
}
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