See unc on Wiktionary
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"1": "goh",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*unkwiz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *unkwiz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂éngʷʰis",
"4": "",
"5": "snake"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *unkwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "unc m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "unc m",
"name": "goh-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old High German",
"lang_code": "goh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"snake"
],
"links": [
[
"snake",
"snake"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"toad"
],
"links": [
[
"toad",
"toad"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "unc"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: genomics",
"path": [
"unc"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "unc",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: genomics",
"path": [
"unc"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "unc",
"trace": ""
}
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