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{
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"expansion": "wie",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Old Dutch",
"lang_code": "odt",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Dutch interrogative pronouns",
"Old Dutch lemmas",
"Old Dutch pronouns",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"who"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "uuie"
},
{
"word": "wē"
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "wie"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wie",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "goh",
"3": "hwio"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hwio",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hwēo"
},
"expansion": "hwēo",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwaiwa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwaiwa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (ƕaiwa)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hwē"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hwē",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hwie"
},
"expansion": "hwie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwē"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwē",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍈𐌴"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwī",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "why"
},
"expansion": "English why",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwaz",
"3": "*hwaz, *hwat",
"t": "who, what"
},
"expansion": "*hwaz, *hwat (“who, what”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wie"
},
"expansion": "German wie",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German wie, a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.) Old High German hwio, from older hwēo, from Proto-Germanic *hwaiwa; cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (ƕaiwa). 2.) Old High German hwē, hwie, from Proto-Germanic *hwē; cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē). The latter is a variant of Proto-Germanic *hwī, whence English why, and is further a fossiled instrumental case of *hwaz, *hwat (“who, what”). Form 1 is also related to this stem. Compare German wie.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "wie",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"lang_code": "pdc",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pennsylvania German adverbs",
"Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "How do we know that it really is spring?",
"text": "Wie weess mer as es warricklich Friehyaahr iss?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"how"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogatory) how"
]
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"alt": "I",
"word": "ekj"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "nds-de",
"3": "wi"
},
"expansion": "German Low German wi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "gml",
"3": "wi"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wi",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From German Low German wi, from Middle Low German wi.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "wie",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"english": "who",
"word": "wäa"
},
{
"english": "further",
"word": "wieda"
},
{
"english": "our",
"word": "ons"
},
{
"english": "you, thou",
"word": "dü"
},
{
"english": "he",
"word": "hee"
},
{
"english": "she",
"word": "see"
},
{
"english": "you",
"word": "jie"
},
{
"english": "they",
"word": "see"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
"Plautdietsch lemmas",
"Plautdietsch pronouns",
"Plautdietsch terms derived from German Low German",
"Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Plautdietsch terms inherited from German Low German",
"Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Who we are.",
"text": "Wäa wie sent."
}
],
"glosses": [
"we"
],
"links": [
[
"we",
"we"
]
]
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "wie",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wie"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Polish 1-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish non-lemma forms",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with audio links",
"Polish verb forms",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɛ",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɛ/1 syllable"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "wiedzieć"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular present of wiedzieć"
],
"links": [
[
"wiedzieć",
"wiedzieć#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vjɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛ"
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "2"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "ofs",
"3": "wī"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wī",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wiʀ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wy"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian wy",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wir"
},
"expansion": "German wir",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ. Cognates include West Frisian wy and German wir.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "uus",
"tags": [
"oblique"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "pronoun",
"3": "oblique",
"4": "uus",
"cat2": "personal pronouns"
},
"expansion": "wie (oblique uus)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wie"
],
"lang": "Saterland Frisian",
"lang_code": "stq",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"word": "iek"
},
{
"word": "du"
},
{
"word": "hie"
},
{
"word": "ju"
},
{
"word": "dät"
},
{
"word": "jie"
},
{
"word": "jo"
},
{
"word": "er"
},
{
"word": "ze"
},
{
"word": "et"
},
{
"word": "mie"
},
{
"word": "die"
},
{
"word": "him"
},
{
"word": "hier"
},
{
"word": "uus"
},
{
"word": "jou"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/i",
"Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/i/1 syllable",
"Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"Saterland Frisian lemmas",
"Saterland Frisian personal pronouns",
"Saterland Frisian pronouns",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"we"
],
"links": [
[
"we",
"we"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-i"
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "preposition"
},
"expansion": "wie",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "with",
"word": "wee"
}
],
"categories": [
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola prepositions",
"Yola terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then stalked and wondered, with oh! and with grief.",
"ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88",
"text": "Than stalket, an gandelt, wie o! an gridane.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of wee (“with”)"
],
"links": [
[
"wee",
"wee#Yola"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "wie"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"wie"
],
"section": "Afrikaans",
"subsection": "pronoun",
"title": "wie",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"wie"
],
"section": "Afrikaans",
"subsection": "pronoun",
"title": "wie",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: interrogatory",
"path": [
"wie"
],
"section": "Pennsylvania German",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "wie",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: interrogatory",
"path": [
"wie"
],
"section": "Pennsylvania German",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "wie",
"trace": ""
}
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