"matou" meaning in All languages combined

See matou on Wiktionary

Verb [Czech]

IPA: [ˈmatou̯]
Head templates: {{head|cs|verb form}} matou
  1. third-person plural present of mást Tags: form-of, plural, present, third-person Form of: mást
    Sense id: en-matou-cs-verb-70rHJP5F Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /ma.tu/ Audio: Fr-Paris--matou.ogg Forms: matous [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Perhaps from the Germanic personal name Marcou, Markolf (see Marcoux), or from a derivation of maître (“master”), or possibly imitative and akin to Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|gem|-}} Germanic, {{onomatopoeic|fr|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sla-pro|*maca|t=pussycat}} Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} matou m (plural matous)
  1. tom (male cat) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Cats

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} matou
  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar Tags: form-of, indicative, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: matar
    Sense id: en-matou-gl-verb-ayv8PTUo Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} matou
  1. Rōmaji transcription of まとう Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: まとう

Noun [Louisiana Creole]

IPA: /maˈtu/
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from French matou (“tom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|lou|fr|matou|t=tom}} French matou (“tom”) Head templates: {{head|lou|noun}} matou
  1. (a) tom (male cat)
    Sense id: en-matou-lou-noun-edWbdAjZ Categories (other): Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} matou
  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar Tags: form-of, indicative, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: matar
    Sense id: en-matou-pt-verb-ayv8PTUo Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Pronoun [Rapa Nui]

Head templates: {{head|rap|pronoun}} matou
  1. First person plural exclusive Tags: exclusive, first-person, plural Related terms: au, māua, mātou, , tāua, tātou, koe, kōrua, ia, rāua

Inflected forms

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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Czech",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "verb",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mást"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-matou-cs-verb-70rHJP5F",
      "links": [
        [
          "mást",
          "mást#Czech"
        ]
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        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "present",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmatou̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: matou"
    }
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    },
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    },
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    {
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "fr",
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          "orig": "fr:Cats",
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            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "tom",
          "tom"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    },
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      "audio": "Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "matous"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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    }
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        }
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        "third-person singular preterite indicative of matar"
      ],
      "id": "en-matou-gl-verb-ayv8PTUo",
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        [
          "matar",
          "matar#Galician"
        ]
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        "form-of",
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "romanization",
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        }
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Rōmaji transcription of まとう"
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      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
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        [
          "まとう",
          "まとう#Japanese"
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        "2": "fr",
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      },
      "expansion": "French matou (“tom”)",
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    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "tom (male cat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-matou-lou-noun-edWbdAjZ",
      "links": [
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          "tom"
        ]
      ],
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        "(a) tom (male cat)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        }
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        "third-person singular preterite indicative of matar"
      ],
      "id": "en-matou-pt-verb-ayv8PTUo",
      "links": [
        [
          "matar",
          "matar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "matou",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rapa Nui",
  "lang_code": "rap",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "source": "w"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "name": "Rapa Nui pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "we (we, but not you)"
        }
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        "First person plural exclusive"
      ],
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        [
          "First person",
          "first person"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural"
        ],
        [
          "exclusive",
          "exclusive"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "au"
        },
        {
          "word": "māua"
        },
        {
          "word": "mātou"
        },
        {
          "word": "―"
        },
        {
          "word": "tāua"
        },
        {
          "word": "tātou"
        },
        {
          "word": "koe"
        },
        {
          "word": "kōrua"
        },
        {
          "word": "ia"
        },
        {
          "word": "rāua"
        }
      ],
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        "exclusive",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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}
{
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        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Czech",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Czech non-lemma forms",
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        "Czech verb forms",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person plural present of mást"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mást",
          "mást#Czech"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmatou̯]"
    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "matou m (plural matous)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "French countable nouns",
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        "French nouns",
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        "French terms derived from Germanic languages",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/u",
        "Rhymes:French/u/2 syllables",
        "fr:Cats"
      ],
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        "tom (male cat)"
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        [
          "tom",
          "tom"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ma.tu/"
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      "audio": "Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
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    }
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}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
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      },
      "expansion": "matou",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
        "Galician non-lemma forms",
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        "Pages with 7 entries",
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "third-person singular preterite indicative of matar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "matar",
          "matar#Galician"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

{
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        "1": "ja",
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        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "romanization",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "まとう"
        }
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese non-lemma forms",
        "Japanese romanizations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rōmaji transcription of まとう"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
          "romaji"
        ],
        [
          "まとう",
          "まとう#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rōmaji",
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

{
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        "1": "lou",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "matou",
        "t": "tom"
      },
      "expansion": "French matou (“tom”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from French matou (“tom”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lou",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
  "lang_code": "lou",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Louisiana Creole lemmas",
        "Louisiana Creole nouns",
        "Louisiana Creole terms derived from French",
        "Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Louisiana Creole/u",
        "Rhymes:Louisiana Creole/u/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tom (male cat)"
      ],
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        [
          "tom",
          "tom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(a) tom (male cat)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
        "Portuguese verb forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "matar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular preterite indicative of matar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "matar",
          "matar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "matou",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rapa Nui",
  "lang_code": "rap",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "au"
    },
    {
      "word": "māua"
    },
    {
      "word": "mātou"
    },
    {
      "word": "―"
    },
    {
      "word": "tāua"
    },
    {
      "word": "tātou"
    },
    {
      "word": "koe"
    },
    {
      "word": "kōrua"
    },
    {
      "word": "ia"
    },
    {
      "word": "rāua"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rapa Nui entries with incorrect language header",
        "Rapa Nui lemmas",
        "Rapa Nui pronouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "we (we, but not you)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "First person plural exclusive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "First person",
          "first person"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural"
        ],
        [
          "exclusive",
          "exclusive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: a",
  "path": [
    "matou"
  ],
  "section": "Louisiana Creole",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matou",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: a",
  "path": [
    "matou"
  ],
  "section": "Louisiana Creole",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matou",
  "trace": ""
}

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