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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*swīs"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *swīs",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "c’hwi"
},
"expansion": "Breton c’hwi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "chi"
},
"expansion": "Welsh chi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "síi"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish síi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wos",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "why",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cornish pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"you (formal or plural)"
],
"id": "en-why-kw-pron-2RRHZwkN",
"links": [
[
"you",
"you#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs) you (formal or plural)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with Traditional Graphs"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Written-Form"
],
"word": "hwi"
}
],
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Standard-Cornish",
"Written-Form"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʍiː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʍəɪ/"
}
],
"word": "why"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*swīs"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *swīs",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "c’hwi"
},
"expansion": "Breton c’hwi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "chi"
},
"expansion": "Welsh chi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "síi"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish síi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wos",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Welsh chi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "why",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
"Cornish lemmas",
"Cornish pronouns",
"Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
"Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Cornish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"you (formal or plural)"
],
"links": [
[
"you",
"you#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs) you (formal or plural)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with Traditional Graphs"
],
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Standard-Cornish",
"Written-Form"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʍiː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʍəɪ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Written-Form"
],
"word": "hwi"
}
],
"word": "why"
}
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