See hwal on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: hwal\nMiddle Low German: wal\nLow German: Waal"
},
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},
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}
],
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},
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"2": "wal"
},
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],
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},
{
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"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: wal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: wal"
},
{
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},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
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}
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],
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"source": "inflection",
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]
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
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"form": "hwal",
"source": "inflection",
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]
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "hwalē",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "hwalum",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalu",
"source": "inflection",
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"instrumental",
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]
},
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"2": "haiq"
},
"expansion": "Naxi: haiq",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Naxi: haiq"
},
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"1": "nru",
"2": "huaeq"
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"expansion": "Narua: huaeq",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Narua: huaeq"
}
],
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"2": "*way",
"t": "to buy"
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "my",
"2": "ဝယ်",
"t": "to buy"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
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{
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"parents": [],
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{
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"source": "w"
}
],
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"to buy"
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"links": [
[
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]
],
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]
}
],
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"2": "wal"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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"args": {
"1": "nds",
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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"expansion": "",
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},
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"Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"name": "desc"
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}
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "my",
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"t": "to buy"
},
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}
],
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"1": "ang",
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "hwal"
},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: hwal\nMiddle Low German: wal\nLow German: Waal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wal"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wal"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wal"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: wal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: wal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: wal\nMiddle High German: wal\nGerman: Wal\n→ Estonian: vaal\n→ Luxembourgish: Wal",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: wal\nMiddle High German: wal\nGerman: Wal\n→ Estonian: vaal\n→ Luxembourgish: Wal"
}
],
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "hwal",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalōs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwal",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalum",
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"instrumental",
"plural"
]
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"pos": "noun",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"gmw-pro:Cetaceans"
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],
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{
"word": "*hwalafisk"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "hwal"
}
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