See elelepei on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"english": "laughs",
"word": "ajatua"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "his/her/its sound of crying, sobbing",
"word": "onelelen"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wau",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "elelepei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Wauja",
"lang_code": "wau",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "smiles",
"word": "suyuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "mourns, grieves",
"word": "tuma okaya"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Wauja entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
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],
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46,
53
],
[
61,
67
]
],
"english": "[She] entered [her] house. The children were crying. \"Don't cry, don't cry,\" she said to the children.",
"text": "Iyene painyakuwi. Yamukunaun elelepei. Aminya yelele, aminya yelele omawiu yamukunaun ipitsi.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tinejunaun elelepei nuutsa.\nWomen wail at my approach (women reject me).\n[Humorous Wauja traditional kapojai song]."
},
{
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],
"english": "Don't let [the baby] see [it]. [She] will cry to [have] it.",
"text": "Aminya pasato. Elele minya ouneke.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"he/she/it cries, weeps, sobs, sheds tears, wails, whimpers (in sorrow, fright, pain, or distress)"
],
"id": "en-elelepei-wau-verb-DwcdzVqq",
"links": [
[
"cries",
"cry"
],
[
"weep",
"weep"
],
[
"sob",
"sob"
],
[
"sheds tears",
"shed tears"
],
[
"wail",
"wail"
],
[
"whimper",
"whimper"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) he/she/it cries, weeps, sobs, sheds tears, wails, whimpers (in sorrow, fright, pain, or distress)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[She wept at the sight of her daughter, realizing how much she had suffered.]",
"roman": "She lamented [the suffering of] her daughter.",
"text": "Elelewi paitsupalu ipitsi."
}
],
"glosses": [
"he/she/it laments, bewails, mourns (passionately expresses grief or sorrow)"
],
"id": "en-elelepei-wau-verb-tfaT981w",
"links": [
[
"laments",
"laments"
],
[
"bewails",
"bewails"
],
[
"mourns",
"mourns"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) he/she/it laments, bewails, mourns (passionately expresses grief or sorrow)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛˈlɛ.lɛ.peɪ/"
}
],
"word": "elelepei"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"english": "laughs",
"word": "ajatua"
}
],
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Wauja entries with incorrect language header",
"Wauja lemmas",
"Wauja verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "his/her/its sound of crying, sobbing",
"word": "onelelen"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wau",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "elelepei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Wauja",
"lang_code": "wau",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "smiles",
"word": "suyuma"
},
{
"english": "mourns, grieves",
"word": "tuma okaya"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Wauja intransitive verbs",
"Wauja terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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29,
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],
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],
[
46,
53
],
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67
]
],
"english": "[She] entered [her] house. The children were crying. \"Don't cry, don't cry,\" she said to the children.",
"text": "Iyene painyakuwi. Yamukunaun elelepei. Aminya yelele, aminya yelele omawiu yamukunaun ipitsi.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tinejunaun elelepei nuutsa.\nWomen wail at my approach (women reject me).\n[Humorous Wauja traditional kapojai song]."
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
15,
20
]
],
"english": "Don't let [the baby] see [it]. [She] will cry to [have] it.",
"text": "Aminya pasato. Elele minya ouneke.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"he/she/it cries, weeps, sobs, sheds tears, wails, whimpers (in sorrow, fright, pain, or distress)"
],
"links": [
[
"cries",
"cry"
],
[
"weep",
"weep"
],
[
"sob",
"sob"
],
[
"sheds tears",
"shed tears"
],
[
"wail",
"wail"
],
[
"whimper",
"whimper"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) he/she/it cries, weeps, sobs, sheds tears, wails, whimpers (in sorrow, fright, pain, or distress)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Wauja transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[She wept at the sight of her daughter, realizing how much she had suffered.]",
"roman": "She lamented [the suffering of] her daughter.",
"text": "Elelewi paitsupalu ipitsi."
}
],
"glosses": [
"he/she/it laments, bewails, mourns (passionately expresses grief or sorrow)"
],
"links": [
[
"laments",
"laments"
],
[
"bewails",
"bewails"
],
[
"mourns",
"mourns"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) he/she/it laments, bewails, mourns (passionately expresses grief or sorrow)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛˈlɛ.lɛ.peɪ/"
}
],
"word": "elelepei"
}
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