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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "big thatch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "thatch-rake"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "thatch rake"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "underthatch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overthatch"
}
],
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"2": "thack"
},
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"2": "enm",
"3": "thach",
"4": "thache, thach"
},
"expansion": "Middle English thache, thach",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "þæc",
"4": "",
"5": "roof-covering"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*þak"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"4": "",
"5": "covering"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)teg-",
"4": "",
"5": "cover"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "þak"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic þak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dak"
},
"expansion": "Dutch dak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Dach"
},
"expansion": "German Dach",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "tak"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian tak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tak"
},
"expansion": "Swedish tak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "tag"
},
"expansion": "Danish tag",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "toga"
},
"expansion": "Latin toga",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "thak",
"3": "",
"4": "awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe"
},
"expansion": "Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "stogas",
"3": "",
"4": "roof"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian stogas (“roof”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "τέγος",
"3": "",
"4": "roof"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στέγη",
"3": "",
"4": "roof"
},
"expansion": "στέγη (stégē, “roof”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "deech"
},
"expansion": "deech",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "deck"
},
"expansion": "deck",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).\nCognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.",
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{
"form": "thatches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "55 16 8 8 12",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Building materials",
"orig": "en:Building materials",
"parents": [
"Construction",
"Materials",
"Architecture",
"Engineering",
"Manufacturing",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Technology",
"Human activity",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Society",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
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"name": "Roofing",
"orig": "en:Roofing",
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"Architecture",
"Engineering",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Technology",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
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"Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain."
],
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"links": [
[
"Straw",
"straw"
],
[
"rush",
"rush"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"roof",
"roof"
],
[
"stack",
"stack"
],
[
"hay",
"hay"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "haulm"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ulu",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "উলূ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xoron kher",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "শৰণ খেৰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ghorsüa bon",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "ঘৰছোৱা বন"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slamen pokriv",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "сламен покрив"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máocǎo",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "茅草"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "sowl"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "došek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tekingarhálmur"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tekingartilfar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "olki"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chaume"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colmo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colmadura"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Reet"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dachstroh"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "achyroskepí",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αχυροσκεπή"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "zsúp"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tuí"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ieong",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "이엉"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "rauwhare"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "raurau"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sürel",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "сүрэл"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zegs",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "зэгс"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halm"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clujada"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâli",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "گالی"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kolaš",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "کلش"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strzecha"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colmo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "stuf"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "solóma",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "соло́ма"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"word": "theek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tughadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pagghia"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "techo de paja"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halm"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "straw for covering roofs or stacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwellt"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Caribbean English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "25 38 14 14 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 42 14 12 10",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Palm trees",
"orig": "en:Palm trees",
"parents": [
"Commelinids",
"Trees",
"Plants",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching."
],
"id": "en-thatch-en-noun-LD~mXJBm",
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[
"palm",
"palm"
]
],
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"(Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching."
],
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"Caribbean",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 May 30, Rob Kuznia, “California turns to fake grass in response to drought”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Mark Ladd, the venue’s assistant director of operations, notes that the fake greenery looks authentic: the height and colour of the blades are varied, with a few brown ones thrown in to emulate dead thatch.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn."
],
"id": "en-thatch-en-noun-LM~X0fKv",
"links": [
[
"buildup",
"buildup"
],
[
"grass",
"grass"
],
[
"stolon",
"stolon"
],
[
"lawn",
"lawn"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Wallace Madding, The Country Club Killings: A Montana Story, page 21",
"text": "An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair."
],
"id": "en-thatch-en-noun-9RZn2PeC",
"links": [
[
"hair",
"hair"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/θæt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ætʃ"
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overthatch"
}
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"1": "en",
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"3": "thacchen"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
"3": "þeċċan"
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"expansion": "Old English þeċċan",
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"2": "þeċċean",
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "dekke"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian dekke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dekken"
},
"expansion": "Dutch dekken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "decken"
},
"expansion": "German decken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "tække"
},
"expansion": "Danish tække",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "täcka"
},
"expansion": "Swedish täcka",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above).\nCognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "thatches",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "thatching",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "thatched",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "thatched",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "bethatch"
},
{
"word": "unthatch"
},
{
"word": "Thatch"
},
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "thatched"
},
{
"word": "Thatcher"
},
{
"word": "thatcher"
},
{
"alt": "n.",
"word": "thatching"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc."
],
"id": "en-thatch-en-verb-rhYRO9aZ",
"links": [
[
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]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "用茅草覆盖屋顶"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "sowlenna"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "tekja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "kattaa oljilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "couvrir de chaume"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "teitar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "colmar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "cōnsternō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "inaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "tāpatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "nati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "用茅草覆盖屋顶"
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"word": "tekja"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "kattaa oljilla"
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"word": "teitar"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "inaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "tāpatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "nati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "ato"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "whakarauwhare"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zegs",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "зэгс"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "glyi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâli-puš kardan",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "گالیپوش کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "colmar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "wayllay"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "tugh"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "toi (â gwellt)"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cover with thatch",
"word": "rhoi to gwellt"
}
],
"word": "thatch"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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