See caffer on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Latinization of English kaffir or Afrikaans kaffer (“Bantu”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "caffra",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "caffrum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
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},
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{
"word": "affer"
},
{
"word": "Combretum caffrum"
},
{
"word": "Cossypha caffra"
},
{
"word": "Dovyalis caffra"
},
{
"word": "Erica caffra"
},
{
"word": "Erythrina caffra"
},
{
"word": "Harpephyllum caffrum"
},
{
"word": "Maerua caffra"
},
{
"word": "Protea caffra"
},
{
"word": "Sclerocarya caffra"
},
{
"word": "Senegalia caffra"
},
{
"word": "Stachys caffra"
},
{
"word": "Syncerus caffer"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used in the scientific names of plants and animals associated with the Bantu peoples of southern Africa."
],
"id": "en-caffer-mul-adj-ISh8awTr",
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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}
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"Obsolete spelling of kaffir."
],
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"kaffir",
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]
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]
}
],
"word": "caffer"
}
{
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]
},
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "caffer",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gaffer",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
{
"form": "chaffer",
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],
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"(literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael"
],
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],
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"(literary) impersonal imperative of cael"
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkafɛr/"
}
],
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"tags": [
"imperative"
],
"word": "caer"
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"word": "caffer"
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}
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"Pages with entries"
],
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"Obsolete spelling of kaffir."
],
"links": [
[
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]
],
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"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "caffer"
}
{
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{
"word": "affer"
},
{
"word": "Combretum caffrum"
},
{
"word": "Cossypha caffra"
},
{
"word": "Dovyalis caffra"
},
{
"word": "Erica caffra"
},
{
"word": "Erythrina caffra"
},
{
"word": "Harpephyllum caffrum"
},
{
"word": "Maerua caffra"
},
{
"word": "Protea caffra"
},
{
"word": "Sclerocarya caffra"
},
{
"word": "Senegalia caffra"
},
{
"word": "Stachys caffra"
},
{
"word": "Syncerus caffer"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Latinization of English kaffir or Afrikaans kaffer (“Bantu”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "caffra",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "caffrum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
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"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"glosses": [
"Used in the scientific names of plants and animals associated with the Bantu peoples of southern Africa."
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "caffer"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh non-lemma forms",
"Welsh verb forms"
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"form": "gaffer",
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"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
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"form": "nghaffer",
"source": "mutation",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
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}
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"args": {},
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"name": "cy-verb form"
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{
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],
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{
"word": "cael"
}
],
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"impersonal present subjunctive of cael"
],
"links": [
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"cael",
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]
],
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"(literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael"
],
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"(literary) impersonal imperative of cael"
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkafɛr/"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"imperative"
],
"word": "caer"
}
],
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}
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