See ker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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[
"chier",
"chier#Old_French"
],
[
"cārus",
"carus#Latin"
],
[
"cher",
"cher#French"
]
],
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
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}
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{
"form": "kerra",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "an kerra",
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"an kerra",
"kerra"
]
],
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}
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},
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},
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],
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[
"dear",
"dear#English"
],
[
"cherished",
"cherished#English"
]
]
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],
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"costly",
"costly#English"
],
[
"expensive",
"expensive#English"
]
]
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}
],
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}
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"*kaɨr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kaɨr"
],
[
"caer",
"caer#Welsh"
],
[
"kêr",
"kêr#Breton"
]
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},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "br",
"2": "kêr",
"3": "",
"4": "town, city"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "keryow",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ker",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "ger",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-soft"
]
},
{
"form": "her",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-aspirate"
]
},
{
"form": "ker",
"source": "mutation",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "ker",
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"12": "",
"13": "",
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{d2}}}",
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"f6g": "",
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},
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},
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"translation": "city, fort",
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}
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],
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[
"fort",
"fort#English"
],
[
"hill-fort",
"hill-fort#English"
],
[
"fortress",
"fortress#English"
],
[
"city",
"city#English"
]
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]
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"ipa": "/kɛːr/"
}
],
"word": "ker"
}
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],
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[
"ger",
"ger#Cornish"
]
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{
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}
],
"word": "ker"
}
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"Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
"Cornish lemmas",
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"Cornish non-lemma forms",
"Cornish terms derived from Latin",
"Cornish terms derived from Old French",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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[
"chier",
"chier#Old_French"
],
[
"cārus",
"carus#Latin"
],
[
"cher",
"cher#French"
]
],
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"3": "chier"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "la",
"3": "cārus"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "fr",
"2": "cher"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "kerra",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "an kerra",
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"an kerra",
"kerra"
]
],
"tags": [
"superlative"
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}
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},
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "ker (comparative kerra, superlative an kerra)",
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"lang_code": "kw",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"dear, cherished"
],
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[
"dear",
"dear#English"
],
[
"cherished",
"cherished#English"
]
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},
{
"glosses": [
"costly, expensive"
],
"links": [
[
"costly",
"costly#English"
],
[
"expensive",
"expensive#English"
]
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"sounds": [
{
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}
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"word": "ker"
}
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"Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"word": "Kar-"
}
],
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"*kaɨr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kaɨr"
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[
"caer",
"caer#Welsh"
],
[
"kêr",
"kêr#Breton"
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"name": "cog"
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{
"form": "keryow",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
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{
"form": "l-self",
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]
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{
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
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"mutation-radical"
]
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"form": "ger",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-soft"
]
},
{
"form": "her",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-aspirate"
]
},
{
"form": "ker",
"source": "mutation",
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"mutation"
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"form": "ker",
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"hill-fort",
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"fortress",
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],
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"city",
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]
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}
Download raw JSONL data for ker meaning in Cornish (4.6kB)
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