See kakkerlak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "af",
"2": "kakkerlak"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "kakalaka"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "dcr",
"2": "kakerlaker",
"3": "kakelak"
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak"
},
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"args": {
"1": "vic",
"2": "kakalaka",
"3": "kakaroachee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dated"
},
"expansion": "(dated)",
"name": "q"
}
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"1": "skw",
"2": "kakalaka"
},
"expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "abs",
"2": "kakarlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ambonese Malay: kakarlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ambonese Malay: kakarlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "arw",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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{
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"1": "djk",
"2": "kakaaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Aukan: kakaaka",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Aukan: kakaaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "hns",
"2": "calcattá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "kakerlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: kakerlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: kakerlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kakerlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: kakerlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: kakerlak"
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "pap",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Papiamentu: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Papiamentu: kakalaka"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sranan Tongo: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "ahalakpákpa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa"
}
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"1": "es",
"2": "cucaracha"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cockroach"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "First attested as kackerlack towards the end of the 16th century as a derogatory term for a chatterbox or sycophant, deriving from kakker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lakker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”).\nThis word was subsequently conflated (from the mid-17th century onwards) with an unrelated early Portuguese form cacalacca designating the insect. The Portuguese word has in turn been argued to be derived from a Caribbean word, from which Spanish cucaracha and hence English cockroach also originate. However, a more likely theory is that the Portuguese learned that name from the people in the then Dahomey. In Fon, kakalaka means cockroaches.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kakkerlakje",
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
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{
"form": "kackerlack",
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"alternative",
"obsolete"
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"alternative",
"obsolete"
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"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
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"name": "nl-noun"
}
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"kak‧ker‧lak"
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"pos": "noun",
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"orig": "nl:Insects",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)"
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[
"cockroach",
"cockroach"
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[
"Blattodea",
"Blattodea#Translingual"
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"masculine"
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[
"contemptible",
"contemptible"
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"(derogatory) contemptible person"
],
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"derogatory",
"masculine"
]
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{
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"orig": "nl:Football (soccer)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "18 8 74",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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{
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"supporter of Feyenoord"
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"soccer"
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"derogatory"
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"(soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord"
],
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"derogatory",
"masculine",
"often"
],
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"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"soccer",
"sports"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈkɑ.kərˌlɑk/"
},
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"audio": "Nl-kakkerlak.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Nl-kakkerlak.ogg"
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"wikipedia": [
"Nicoline van der Sijs"
],
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"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch masculine nouns",
"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nl:Insects"
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"derived": [
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"word": "Duitse kakkerlak"
}
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"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "kakkerlak"
},
"expansion": "Afrikaans: kakkerlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Afrikaans: kakkerlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brc",
"2": "kakalaka"
},
"expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dcr",
"2": "kakerlaker",
"3": "kakelak"
},
"expansion": "Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak"
},
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"args": {
"1": "vic",
"2": "kakalaka",
"3": "kakaroachee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dated"
},
"expansion": "(dated)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "skw",
"2": "kakalaka"
},
"expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "abs",
"2": "kakarlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ambonese Malay: kakarlak",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Ambonese Malay: kakarlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "arw",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lokono: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lokono: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "kakaaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Aukan: kakaaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aukan: kakaaka"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hns",
"2": "calcattá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "kakerlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: kakerlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: kakerlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kakerlak",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: kakerlak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: kakerlak"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pap",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Papiamentu: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Papiamentu: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "kakalaka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: kakalaka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sranan Tongo: kakalaka"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "ahalakpákpa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cucaracha"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cockroach"
},
"expansion": "English cockroach",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kakkerlakje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "kackerlack",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "kackerlacker",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"1": "m",
"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
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"kak‧ker‧lak"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
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"cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)"
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"masculine"
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"Dutch colloquialisms",
"Dutch derogatory terms",
"nl:Football (soccer)"
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"supporter of Feyenoord"
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"soccer",
"soccer"
],
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"derogatory",
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"(soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord"
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"masculine",
"often"
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"soccer",
"sports"
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},
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}
],
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}
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