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Noun [Afar]

IPA: /waˈle/, [wʌˈlɛ] Forms: walé [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|g=f|head=walé}} walé f, {{aa-noun|walé|g=f}} walé f
  1. possibility
    Sense id: en-wale-aa-noun-taCqMGR2 Categories (other): Afar entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wale|wāle|id=planking|t=planking, welt}} Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), {{inh|en|ang|walu||ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow}} Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waluz||stick, root}} Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*welH-||to turn, wind, roll}} Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”), {{m|nds|wale|wāle}} wāle, {{m|non|vala||knuckle}} vala (“knuckle”), {{inh|en|enm|wālen}} Middle English wālen Head templates: {{en-noun}} wale (plural wales)
  1. A ridge or low barrier.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-Y9sAYAY7
  2. A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy. Translations (raised rib in knit goods or fabric): bordó [masculine] (Catalan), côte [feminine] (French), fústa [masculine] (Irish), pręga [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-uMDb1CKe Disambiguation of 'raised rib in knit goods or fabric': 2 60 24 3 2 3 4 2
  3. The texture of a piece of fabric.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-gF0ox9Pw
  4. (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale) Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-9JUMUwEv Categories (other): Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 3 5 3 29 9 13 12 13 5 4 4 Topics: nautical, transport
  5. A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-V-tWfJPC
  6. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-Wsdpjq4-
  7. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-~jtQIJBq
  8. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip. Translations (streak on skin): jizva [feminine] (Czech), šleh [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-yH~3NVP3 Disambiguation of 'streak on skin': 3 3 3 10 3 2 14 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: waling Translations (ridge): val [masculine] (Czech)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'ridge': 26 2 2 20 2 1 24 22

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wale}} Middle English wale, {{m|enm|wal}} wal, {{der|en|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, want}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala}} Old High German wala, {{cog|de|Wahl}} German Wahl, {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wale (plural wales)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-wale-en-noun-2eKMKnIk Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wales [present, singular, third-person], waling [participle, present], waled [participle, past], waled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wale|wāle|id=planking|t=planking, welt}} Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), {{inh|en|ang|walu||ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow}} Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waluz||stick, root}} Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*welH-||to turn, wind, roll}} Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”), {{m|nds|wale|wāle}} wāle, {{m|non|vala||knuckle}} vala (“knuckle”), {{inh|en|enm|wālen}} Middle English wālen Head templates: {{en-verb}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
  1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-verb-ww0UAqtw
  2. To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
    Sense id: en-wale-en-verb-AEc7BTNB
  3. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts. Translations (To give a surface a texture of wales): côteler (French)
    Sense id: en-wale-en-verb-SEp7fdPU Disambiguation of 'To give a surface a texture of wales': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wale on, whale, weal, wheal
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wales [present, singular, third-person], waling [participle, present], waled [participle, past], waled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wale}} Middle English wale, {{m|enm|wal}} wal, {{der|en|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, want}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala}} Old High German wala, {{cog|de|Wahl}} German Wahl, {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To choose, select. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Synonyms: wail [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-wale-en-verb-8mBJjiiv Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 3 15 6 11 7 11 13 3 3 2 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Fulniô]

Head templates: {{head|fun|noun}} wale
  1. pig
    Sense id: en-wale-fun-noun-8LjJ2E3S Categories (other): Fulniô entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ˈwa.le/, [ˈʋɐ.le]
Head templates: {{head|haw|noun|head=}} wale, {{haw-noun}} wale
  1. phlegm
    Sense id: en-wale-haw-noun-63~ORkbp
  2. saliva
    Sense id: en-wale-haw-noun-Ag~6rQZ4 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Hawaiian particles Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Hawaiian particles: 15 74 11

Particle [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ˈwa.le/, [ˈʋɐ.le]
Head templates: {{head|haw|particle}} wale
  1. Used to modify the preceding word only, just, alone; quite, very; simply, for free, without reason
    Sense id: en-wale-haw-particle--fdP6oBo

Adverb [Middle Dutch]

IPA: /ˈwaːlə/ Forms: wāle [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|dum|adverb|head=wāle}} wāle, {{dum-adv|head=wāle}} wāle
  1. Alternative form of wel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wel
    Sense id: en-wale-dum-adv-dkdTGZ2v Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwaːl(ə)/
Etymology: table Borrowed from Old Norse *valu, earlier form of vǫl, variant of val, from Proto-Germanic *walą. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|selection}} table, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|non||*valu||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse *valu, {{bor+|enm|non||*valu}} Borrowed from Old Norse *valu, {{m|non|vǫl}} vǫl, {{m|non|val}} val, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} wale, {{enm-adj}} wale
  1. amazing, of great quality or talent. Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-adj-enm:great Disambiguation of Woods: 11 10 10 7 6 6 6 4 9 6 6 6 2 5 5 2
  2. pleasing, nice, enjoyable, benevolent Categories (topical): Nautical, People Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-adj-fcghePFy Disambiguation of Nautical: 5 15 12 11 4 5 6 3 7 4 3 5 2 10 4 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 13 0 12 1 23 26 0 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Woods: 11 10 10 7 6 6 6 4 9 6 6 6 2 5 5 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 17 14 14 3 6 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 11 2 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 18 15 13 3 7 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 10 2 1
  3. strong, firm, strengthy Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-adj-CgDiDt7r Disambiguation of Woods: 11 10 10 7 6 6 6 4 9 6 6 6 2 5 5 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 17 14 14 3 6 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 11 2 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 18 15 13 3 7 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 10 2 1
  4. (negatively) impactful, grievous, melancholy Categories (topical): Emotions, People
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-adj-u5VxnGnH Disambiguation of Emotions: 2 20 8 26 1 8 9 0 9 1 1 1 2 8 2 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 13 0 12 1 23 26 0 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 17 14 14 3 6 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 11 2 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 18 15 13 3 7 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 10 2 1
  5. (rare) decided, resolved, picked. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-adj-q-Tfqe14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wal, wall, wayle
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwaːl(ə)/
Etymology: table From Old English wealh. For the phonological development, compare hale. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|outsider}} table, {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|wealh}} Old English wealh, {{m|enm|hale}} hale Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wale
  1. (rare) An outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land. Tags: rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-7rv4rV5E Disambiguation of People: 0 13 0 12 1 23 26 0 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
  2. (rare) A thrall; a hireling. Tags: rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-mwNRAt3~ Disambiguation of People: 0 13 0 12 1 23 26 0 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wælh Related terms: Wales, Walsch, walmore, walnot, walwort
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwaːl(ə)/ Forms: wales [plural]
Etymology: table From Old English walu, from Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|planking}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|walu}} Old English walu, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*walu}} Proto-West Germanic *walu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*waluz}} Proto-Germanic *waluz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wale, {{enm-noun}} wale (plural wales)
  1. A wooden board used for creating the exterior of a vessel; planking.
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-1DOBdszH
  2. (rare) A welt; an injury created by use of a whip or a similar weapon. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Medicine, People
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-a1aCUyVM Disambiguation of Medicine: 17 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 35 22 0 12 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 13 0 12 1 23 26 0 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
  3. (rare) A lesion; a boil. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-exHSx9Gq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: walle, wala
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwaːl(ə)/
Etymology: table Borrowed from Old Norse *valu, earlier form of vǫl, variant of val, from Proto-Germanic *walą. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|selection}} table, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|non||*valu||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse *valu, {{bor+|enm|non||*valu}} Borrowed from Old Norse *valu, {{m|non|vǫl}} vǫl, {{m|non|val}} val, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wale
  1. A selection or possibility; a decision.
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-qeuZsLgK
  2. (rare) A preference; something chosen due to its quality. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-5yJOBb-i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wal, wall, wayle Related terms: walen
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wale
  1. Alternative form of vale Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: vale
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-eZpuXGOT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wale
  1. Alternative form of wal Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wal
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-YVBPqfhZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 17 14 14 3 6 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 11 2 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 18 15 13 3 7 6 1 8 3 2 5 1 10 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wale
  1. Alternative form of whale Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whale
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-noun-IC66gaDE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} wale
  1. Alternative form of walen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: walen
    Sense id: en-wale-enm-verb-0zyThXZq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb [North Frisian]

IPA: /ˈvalə/
Etymology: From Old Frisian willa. Etymology templates: {{inh|frr|ofs|willa}} Old Frisian willa Head templates: {{head|frr|verb}} wale Inflection templates: {{frr-Mooring-conj-table|imperative=-|infinitive I=wale|infinitive II=tu walen|infinitive III=än wal|past participle=wäljt|past_ind_1sg=wälj|past_ind_2sg=wäist|past_ind_3sg=wälj|past_ind_dlpl=wänj|pres_ind_1sg=wal|pres_ind_2sg=wäät|pres_ind_3sg=wal|pres_ind_dlpl=wan}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wale [infinitive, infinitive-i], tu walen [infinitive, infinitive-ii], än wal [infinitive, infinitive-iii], wäljt [participle, past], - [imperative], ik wal [first-person, present, singular], ik wälj [first-person, past, singular], dü wäät [present, second-person, singular], dü wäist [past, second-person, singular], hi [present, singular, third-person], [present, singular, third-person], et wal [present, singular, third-person], hi [past, singular, third-person], [past, singular, third-person], et wälj [past, singular, third-person], wat wan [dual, first-person, present], wat wänj [dual, first-person, past], jat wan [dual, present, second-person], jat wänj [dual, past, second-person], we wan [first-person, plural, present], we wänj [first-person, past, plural], jam wan [plural, present, second-person], jam wänj [past, plural, second-person], ja wan [plural, present, third-person], ja wänj [past, plural, third-person], ik hääw wäljt [first-person, perfect, singular], ik häi wäljt [first-person, pluperfect, singular], dü hääst wäljt [perfect, second-person, singular], dü häist wäljt [pluperfect, second-person, singular], hi [perfect, singular, third-person], [perfect, singular, third-person], et heet wäljt [perfect, singular, third-person], hi [pluperfect, singular, third-person], [pluperfect, singular, third-person], et häi wäljt [pluperfect, singular, third-person], wat hääwe wäljt [dual, first-person, perfect], wat häin wäljt [dual, first-person, pluperfect], jat hääwe wäljt [dual, perfect, second-person], jat häin wäljt [dual, pluperfect, second-person], we hääwe wäljt [first-person, perfect, plural], we häin wäljt [first-person, pluperfect, plural], jam hääwe wäljt [perfect, plural, second-person], jam häin wäljt [pluperfect, plural, second-person], ja hääwe wäljt [perfect, plural, third-person], ja häin wäljt [pluperfect, plural, third-person], ik wård wale [first-person, future, singular], dü wårst wale [future, second-person, singular], hi [future, singular, third-person], [future, singular, third-person], et wårt wale [future, singular, third-person], wat wårde wale [dual, first-person, future], jat wårde wale [dual, future, second-person], we wårde wale [first-person, future, plural], jam wårde wale [future, plural, second-person], ja wårde wale [future, plural, third-person]
  1. (Mooring) to want Tags: Mooring
    Sense id: en-wale-frr-verb-lNUNkoH8 Categories (other): Mooring North Frisian, North Frisian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈva.lɛ/ Forms: wale m inan or [animal-not-person, canonical, masculine]
Rhymes: -alɛ Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=m-in|g2=m-anml}} wale m inan or m animal
  1. locative/vocative singular of wał Tags: form-of, locative, singular, vocative Form of: wał
    Sense id: en-wale-pl-noun-bws7fSD1

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈva.lɛ/
Rhymes: -alɛ Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=m-anml}} wale m animal
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wal Tags: accusative, animal-not-person, form-of, masculine, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: wal
    Sense id: en-wale-pl-noun-JzzbOPCP Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Noun [Pukapukan]

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay. Etymology templates: {{inh|pkp|poz-pol-pro|*fale}} Proto-Polynesian *fale, {{inh|pkp|poz-oce-pro|*pale}} Proto-Oceanic *pale, {{inh|pkp|poz-pro|*balay}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay Head templates: {{head|pkp|noun}} wale
  1. house
    Sense id: en-wale-pkp-noun-1uIShmIa Categories (other): Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. home
    Sense id: en-wale-pkp-noun-TqFAWIFQ Categories (other): Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. building
    Sense id: en-wale-pkp-noun-UWfpZ34f Categories (other): Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: waleimu (english: cookhouse, kitchen), walepule (english: church), walemaki (english: hospital), wale āuli (english: jail, prison)

Noun [Scots]

IPA: /wel/ Forms: wales [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|wale|wal, wale}} Middle English wal, wale, {{der|sco|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, wish}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala|t=choice}} Old High German wala (“choice”), {{cog|de|wählen|t=to choose}} German wählen (“to choose”), {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|wales|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} wale (plural wales), {{sco-noun}} wale (plural wales)
  1. choice, selection
    Sense id: en-wale-sco-noun-1Z2-ma9O

Verb [Scots]

IPA: /wel/ Forms: wales [present, singular, third-person], walin [participle, present], waled [past], waled [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|wale|wal, wale}} Middle English wal, wale, {{der|sco|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, wish}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala|t=choice}} Old High German wala (“choice”), {{cog|de|wählen|t=to choose}} German wählen (“to choose”), {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|wales|present participle|walin|simple past|waled|past participle|waled|head=}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled), {{sco-verb|wales|walin|waled}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled)
  1. to choose
    Sense id: en-wale-sco-verb-icCivRd5 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 38 62

Adjective [Swahili]

Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective form}} wale
  1. Wa class inflected form of -le.
    Sense id: en-wale-sw-adj-MRHMJsRZ Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Verb [Swahili]

Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form}} wale
  1. third-person plural subjunctive of -la Tags: form-of, plural, subjunctive, third-person Form of: -la
    Sense id: en-wale-sw-verb-GUL8ccR- Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Verb [Ternate]

IPA: [ˈwa.le]
Head templates: {{head|tft|verb}} wale Inflection templates: {{tft-conj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], towale [exclusive, first-person, plural], fowale [first-person, plural], miwale [first-person, plural], nowale [exclusive, plural, second-person], niwale [plural, second-person], owale [masculine, plural, third-person], iwale [masculine, third-person], yowale [masculine, third-person], mowale [feminine, masculine], iwale [feminine], yowale [feminine], iwale [masculine, neuter], iwale [neuter], yowale [neuter]
  1. (intransitive) to swing ones arms Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wale-tft-verb-8sdPcv7x Categories (other): Ternate entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      },
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        "5": "to turn, wind, roll"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wale",
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      },
      "expansion": "wāle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "knuckle"
      },
      "expansion": "vala (“knuckle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wālen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wālen",
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    }
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A ridge or low barrier."
      ],
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        [
          "ridge",
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        ]
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: course"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Mary Lisa Gavenas, The Fairchild Encyclopedia of Menswear, page 99",
          "text": "The fabric may be further described according to the number of wales per inch: Corduroy known as fine wale, pin-wale, or needle wale has very thin wales (usually twelve or more per inch, i.e., the width of a pin), while wide wale corduroy has thicker wales (usually six or fewer per inch).",
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        }
      ],
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        "A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy."
      ],
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          "rib"
        ],
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ],
        [
          "corduroy",
          "corduroy"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 60 24 3 2 3 4 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "raised rib in knit goods or fabric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bordó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 60 24 3 2 3 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "raised rib in knit goods or fabric",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "côte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 60 24 3 2 3 4 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "raised rib in knit goods or fabric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fústa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 60 24 3 2 3 4 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "raised rib in knit goods or fabric",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pręga"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1892, “Family Fashions and Fancies”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 14, page 85",
          "text": "Crepon cloths, with their heavy crape-like wale, are a noteworthy part of the season's importations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The texture of a piece of fabric."
      ],
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          "texture"
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      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 3 29 9 13 12 13 5 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863, Andrew Murray, Ship-building in Iron and Wood, page 93",
          "text": "The strakes between the several ranges of ports, beginning from under the upper-deck ports of a three-decked ship in the royal navy, are called the channel wale, the middle wale, and the main wale.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)"
      ],
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          "nautical"
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          "horizontal",
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        ],
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          "planking"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "gunwale",
          "gunwale"
        ],
        [
          "chainwale",
          "chainwale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1889 February 23, Architecture and Building: A Journal of Investment and Construction, volume 10, page 63",
          "text": "A few feet below the first wale another timber is inserted, likewise secured by struts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth."
      ],
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        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ],
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          "support",
          "support"
        ],
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          "retain",
          "retain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1754, Thomas Gardner, An Historical Account of Dunwich […]",
          "text": "Except Plank upon the Head of the Key, and under the upper Wale, and Plank to join the piles.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position."
      ],
      "id": "en-wale-en-noun-Wsdpjq4-",
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        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ],
        [
          "Edward H[enry] Knight",
          "w:Edward H. Knight"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Ralph Whitlock, Gentle giants: the past, present and future of the heavy horse, page 133",
          "text": "The wale is shaped to the size of the horse's neck, and then sewn together, with a flap, known as the 'barge', left free along one side. To this 'barge' the body of the collar is sewn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ridge on the outside of a horse collar."
      ],
      "id": "en-wale-en-noun-~jtQIJBq",
      "links": [
        [
          "collar",
          "collar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1854, S. W. Koelle, African Native Literature, Or Proverbs, Tales, Fables and Historical in the Kanuri Or Bornu Language",
          "text": "When the rat had looked at the toad's whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick, he said to the toad, \"Brother toad, I have looked at thy whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick: thou art right.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Seabury Quinn, The Dark Angel: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Three",
          "text": "I ran to her, and when I reached her I saw across the white skin of her shoulders the distinct wale of a whip.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip."
      ],
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        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 3 10 3 2 14 62",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "streak on skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jizva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 3 10 3 2 14 62",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "streak on skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šleh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wail"
    },
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      "homophone": "whale (in accent with the whine–wine merger)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 2 2 20 2 1 24 22",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "val"
    }
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      },
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        "3": "",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wale on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "whale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "weal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wheal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1832, Owen Felltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political",
          "text": "Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt."
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          "strike"
        ],
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          "skin",
          "skin"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Hal Rothman, Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century",
          "text": "When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To give a surface a texture of wales or welts."
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          "surface",
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To give a surface a texture of wales",
          "word": "côteler"
        }
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "wail"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
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      "expansion": "wale",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "ipa": "[ˈʋɐ.le]"
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      "expansion": "wale",
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          "very"
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          "simply"
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        [
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      "ipa": "/ˈwa.le/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈʋɐ.le]"
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  ],
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}

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        "canonical"
      ]
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      "args": {
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "walnot"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "walwort"
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            "Fundamental"
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    {
      "args": {
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Plants",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "frr-Mooring-conj-table\n",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wale",
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        "infinitive",
        "infinitive-i"
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    {
      "form": "tu walen",
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        "infinitive-ii"
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      "form": "än wal",
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        "infinitive-iii"
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      "form": "wäljt",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "-",
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        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ik wal",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ik wälj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dü wäät",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dü wäist",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jü",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et wal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jü",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et wälj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat wan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat wänj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat wan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat wänj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "past",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we wan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we wänj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam wan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam wänj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja wan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja wänj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ik hääw wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ik häi wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dü hääst wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dü häist wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jü",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et heet wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jü",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et häi wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat hääwe wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat häin wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat hääwe wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "perfect",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat häin wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we hääwe wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we häin wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam hääwe wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam häin wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja hääwe wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja häin wäljt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ik wård wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dü wårst wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jü",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et wårt wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "future",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "verb"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "past_ind_2sg": "wäist",
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        "pres_ind_2sg": "wäät",
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    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "to want"
      ],
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        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Mooring) to want"
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      "tags": [
        "Mooring"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvalə/"
    }
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}

{
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      "form": "wale m inan or",
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        "animal-not-person",
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
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        "g2": "m-anml"
      },
      "expansion": "wale m inan or m animal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wa‧le"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wał"
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        "locative/vocative singular of wał"
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      "id": "en-wale-pl-noun-bws7fSD1",
      "links": [
        [
          "wał",
          "wał#Polish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "locative",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "walę"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
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        "g": "m-anml"
      },
      "expansion": "wale m animal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    "wa‧le"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wal"
        }
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      ],
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        [
          "wal",
          "wal#Polish"
        ]
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        "accusative",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "walę"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "cookhouse, kitchen",
      "word": "waleimu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "church",
      "word": "walepule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "hospital",
      "word": "walemaki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "jail, prison",
      "word": "wale āuli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*fale"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*pale"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*balay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pukapukan",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This is our house.",
          "text": "Nō mātou te wale nei.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "id": "en-wale-pkp-noun-1uIShmIa",
      "links": [
        [
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "name": "Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'll go home and eat.",
          "text": "Ka wano au ki wale kaikai.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "home"
      ],
      "id": "en-wale-pkp-noun-TqFAWIFQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pukapukan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "building"
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      "id": "en-wale-pkp-noun-UWfpZ34f",
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        [
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          "building"
        ]
      ]
    }
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}

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        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wal, wale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "val",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choice"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*walą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *walą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to choose, wish"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "velja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choose"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wala",
        "t": "choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wala (“choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wählen",
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      },
      "expansion": "German wählen (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "willan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English willan (“to want”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).\nAkin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "wales",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wale (plural wales)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wale (plural wales)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice, selection"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wel/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wal, wale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "val",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choice"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*walō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "desire, choice"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "velja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choose"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wala",
        "t": "choice"
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      "expansion": "Old High German wala (“choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wählen",
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      },
      "expansion": "German wählen (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "willan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English willan (“to want”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).\nAkin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wales",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "waled",
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        "3": "third-person singular simple present",
        "4": "wales",
        "5": "present participle",
        "6": "walin",
        "7": "simple past",
        "8": "waled",
        "9": "past participle",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wales",
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      "expansion": "wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled)",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose"
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      "id": "en-wale-sco-verb-icCivRd5",
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        [
          "choose",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wel/"
    }
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}

{
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wa class inflected form of -le."
      ],
      "id": "en-wale-sw-adj-MRHMJsRZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "-le",
          "le#Swahili"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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}

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      "form": "iwale",
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      "glosses": [
        "A ridge or low barrier."
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: course"
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          "ref": "2008, Mary Lisa Gavenas, The Fairchild Encyclopedia of Menswear, page 99",
          "text": "The fabric may be further described according to the number of wales per inch: Corduroy known as fine wale, pin-wale, or needle wale has very thin wales (usually twelve or more per inch, i.e., the width of a pin), while wide wale corduroy has thicker wales (usually six or fewer per inch).",
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        "A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy."
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "1892, “Family Fashions and Fancies”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 14, page 85",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1863, Andrew Murray, Ship-building in Iron and Wood, page 93",
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        }
      ],
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          "ship"
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1889 February 23, Architecture and Building: A Journal of Investment and Construction, volume 10, page 63",
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "1754, Thomas Gardner, An Historical Account of Dunwich […]",
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "ref": "1976, Ralph Whitlock, Gentle giants: the past, present and future of the heavy horse, page 133",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1854, S. W. Koelle, African Native Literature, Or Proverbs, Tales, Fables and Historical in the Kanuri Or Bornu Language",
          "text": "When the rat had looked at the toad's whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick, he said to the toad, \"Brother toad, I have looked at thy whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick: thou art right.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Seabury Quinn, The Dark Angel: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Three",
          "text": "I ran to her, and when I reached her I saw across the white skin of her shoulders the distinct wale of a whip.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈweɪl/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
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      "homophone": "wail"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "val"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "côte"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pręga"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "streak on skin",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "jizva"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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}

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      "word": "wale on"
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      "word": "whale"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1832, Owen Felltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political",
          "text": "Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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    {
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Hal Rothman, Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century",
          "text": "When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger."
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      "glosses": [
        "To give a surface a texture of wales or welts."
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        [
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      "ipa": "/ˈweɪl/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
    },
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈweɪl/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
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    },
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        "Southern-England"
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      "args": {
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    {
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        "participle",
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        "participle",
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        "To choose, select."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪl/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈweɪɫ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
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      "homophone": "wail"
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      "homophone": "whale (in accent with the whine–wine merger)"
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        "Southern-England"
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        "saliva"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwa.le/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈʋɐ.le]"
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  "categories": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈwa.le/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈʋɐ.le]"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaːlə/"
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      "name": "dercat"
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      "word": "Walsch"
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      "word": "walmore"
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        "(rare) A thrall; a hireling."
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    {
      "form": "et wårt wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wat wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jat wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "future",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "we wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jam wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja wårde wale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "imperative": "-",
        "infinitive I": "wale",
        "infinitive II": "tu walen",
        "infinitive III": "än wal",
        "past participle": "wäljt",
        "past_ind_1sg": "wälj",
        "past_ind_2sg": "wäist",
        "past_ind_3sg": "wälj",
        "past_ind_dlpl": "wänj",
        "pres_ind_1sg": "wal",
        "pres_ind_2sg": "wäät",
        "pres_ind_3sg": "wal",
        "pres_ind_dlpl": "wan"
      },
      "name": "frr-Mooring-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "North Frisian",
  "lang_code": "frr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mooring North Frisian",
        "North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
        "North Frisian lemmas",
        "North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
        "North Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
        "North Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "North Frisian verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mooring) to want"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mooring"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvalə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Polish 2-syllable words",
    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish non-lemma forms",
    "Polish noun forms",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Polish/alɛ",
    "Rhymes:Polish/alɛ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wale m inan or",
      "tags": [
        "animal-not-person",
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m-in",
        "g2": "m-anml"
      },
      "expansion": "wale m inan or m animal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wa‧le"
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wał"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "locative/vocative singular of wał"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wał",
          "wał#Polish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "locative",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "walę"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Polish 2-syllable words",
    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish non-lemma forms",
    "Polish noun forms",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Polish/alɛ",
    "Rhymes:Polish/alɛ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m-anml"
      },
      "expansion": "wale m animal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wa‧le"
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wal"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wal",
          "wal#Polish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animal-not-person",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "walę"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
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    "Pukapukan lemmas",
    "Pukapukan nouns",
    "Pukapukan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pukapukan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Pukapukan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Pukapukan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pukapukan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Pukapukan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "cookhouse, kitchen",
      "word": "waleimu"
    },
    {
      "english": "church",
      "word": "walepule"
    },
    {
      "english": "hospital",
      "word": "walemaki"
    },
    {
      "english": "jail, prison",
      "word": "wale āuli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fale"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*pale"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*balay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pkp",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pukapukan",
  "lang_code": "pkp",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pukapukan terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "This is our house.",
          "text": "Nō mātou te wale nei.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pukapukan terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I'll go home and eat.",
          "text": "Ka wano au ki wale kaikai.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "home"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "building"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Scots verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wale",
        "4": "wal, wale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wal, wale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "val",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse val (“choice”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*walą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *walą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*walō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "desire, choice"
      },
      "expansion": "*walō (“desire, choice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to choose, wish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "velja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choose"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse velja (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wala",
        "t": "choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wala (“choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wählen",
        "t": "to choose"
      },
      "expansion": "German wählen (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "willan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English willan (“to want”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "wales",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wale (plural wales)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wale (plural wales)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice, selection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wel/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Scots verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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        "4": "wal, wale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wal, wale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "val",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse val (“choice”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*walą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *walą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "desire, choice"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to choose, wish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "velja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choose"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse velja (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wala",
        "t": "choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wala (“choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wählen",
        "t": "to choose"
      },
      "expansion": "German wählen (“to choose”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "willan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English willan (“to want”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).\nAkin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wales",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "waled",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "third-person singular simple present",
        "4": "wales",
        "5": "present participle",
        "6": "walin",
        "7": "simple past",
        "8": "waled",
        "9": "past participle",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wales",
        "2": "walin",
        "3": "waled"
      },
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      "name": "sco-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to choose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wel/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili adjective forms",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili non-lemma forms",
    "Swahili verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Wa class inflected form of -le."
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      "links": [
        [
          "-le",
          "le#Swahili"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili adjective forms",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili non-lemma forms",
    "Swahili verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "-la"
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        "third-person plural subjunctive of -la"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-la",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tft-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iwale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowale",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
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      "expansion": "wale",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "tft-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ternate",
  "lang_code": "tft",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ternate entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ternate intransitive verbs",
        "Ternate lemmas",
        "Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ternate verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to swing ones arms"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to swing ones arms"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwa.le]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wale"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Polish: 'wale m inan or', originally 'wale m inan or m animal'",
  "path": [
    "wale"
  ],
  "section": "Polish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wale",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Polish: 'wale m inan or', originally 'wale m inan or m animal'",
  "path": [
    "wale"
  ],
  "section": "Polish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wale",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'animal-not-person', 'canonical']: 'wale m inan or' in 'wale m inan or m animal'",
  "path": [
    "wale"
  ],
  "section": "Polish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wale",
  "trace": ""
}

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