"Ferke" meaning in Central Franconian

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      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "German Ferkel",
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  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Dutch varken. This is generally regarded an original diminutive, in which case we expect Central Franconian *Ferche. However, if the word had been contracted early on, the cluster -rk- would have remained unshifted. Compare German Ferkel, whose -k- has been considered secondary and irregular, but might be due to the same reason. Alternatively, the Ripuarian form could be an unshifted relict (compare söke, etc.).",
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      "form": "Ferke",
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    {
      "form": "Ferkelche",
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        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
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      "glosses": [
        "pig"
      ],
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          "pig",
          "pig"
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        "(Ripuarian) pig"
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        {
          "word": "Schwein"
        },
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            "Moselle-Franconian"
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          "word": "Sau"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kölsch"
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          "word": "Firke"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛʀ(ə)kə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ferke"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch varken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ferkel"
      },
      "expansion": "German Ferkel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Dutch varken. This is generally regarded an original diminutive, in which case we expect Central Franconian *Ferche. However, if the word had been contracted early on, the cluster -rk- would have remained unshifted. Compare German Ferkel, whose -k- has been considered secondary and irregular, but might be due to the same reason. Alternatively, the Ripuarian form could be an unshifted relict (compare söke, etc.).",
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        "diminutive"
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  "lang": "Central Franconian",
  "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
  "pos": "noun",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛʀ(ə)kə/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Schwein"
    },
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        "Moselle-Franconian"
      ],
      "word": "Sau"
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      "word": "Firke"
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  "word": "Ferke"
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