See zap on Wiktionary
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"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "zap",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "zap",
"name": "mul-symbol"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ISO 639-2",
"ISO 639-3",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Theknightwho's maintenance category",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual symbols",
"Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
],
"glosses": [
"ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zapotec."
],
"links": [
[
"language code",
"language code"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zapotec."
]
}
],
"word": "zap"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "soppe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English soppe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sopa"
},
"expansion": "Old English sopa",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English soppe, from Old English sopa.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "zap",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms derived from Old English",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Old English"
],
"glosses": [
"sup"
],
"links": [
[
"sup",
"sup"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/zap/"
}
],
"word": "zap"
}
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