"kantjil" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /kɑnˈtjɪl/ Audio: Nl-kantjil.ogg Forms: kantjils [plural], kantjiel [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kancil, from Javanese kancil. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|ms|kancil}} Malay kancil, {{der|nl|jv|kancil}} Javanese kancil Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|-}} kantjil m (plural kantjils, no diminutive)
  1. a mouse deer, a chevrotain, deer of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer) Tags: masculine, no-diminutive Hypernyms: dwerghert

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kancil",
      "kancil#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "kancil",
      "kancil#Javanese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kancil"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kancil",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "jv",
        "3": "kancil"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese kancil",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay kancil, from Javanese kancil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kantjils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantjiel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kantjil m (plural kantjils, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kan",
        "tjil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Even-toed ungulates",
          "orig": "nl:Even-toed ungulates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mouse deer, a chevrotain, deer of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer)"
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "dwerghert"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-kantjil-nl-noun-jISr~Mwo",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouse deer",
          "mouse deer"
        ],
        [
          "chevrotain",
          "chevrotain"
        ],
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ],
        [
          "Tragulus",
          "Tragulus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑnˈtjɪl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kantjil.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/Nl-kantjil.ogg/Nl-kantjil.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nl-kantjil.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantjil"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kancil",
      "kancil#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "kancil",
      "kancil#Javanese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kancil"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kancil",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "jv",
        "3": "kancil"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese kancil",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay kancil, from Javanese kancil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kantjils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantjiel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kantjil m (plural kantjils, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "dwerghert"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kan",
        "tjil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
        "Dutch terms borrowed from Malay",
        "Dutch terms derived from Javanese",
        "Dutch terms derived from Malay",
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɪl",
        "nl:Even-toed ungulates"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mouse deer, a chevrotain, deer of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouse deer",
          "mouse deer"
        ],
        [
          "chevrotain",
          "chevrotain"
        ],
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ],
        [
          "Tragulus",
          "Tragulus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑnˈtjɪl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kantjil.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/Nl-kantjil.ogg/Nl-kantjil.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nl-kantjil.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantjil"
}

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