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"1": "en",
"2": "-y"
},
"expansion": "-y",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant spelling of -y.",
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
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{
"ref": "1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl",
"text": "\"Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie,\" said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.\n\"You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly.\"\n\"I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls.\"\n\"And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "dear → dearie"
},
{
"text": "sweet → sweetie"
},
{
"text": "smile → smilie (also smiley)"
},
{
"text": "Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)"
},
{
"text": "Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)"
}
],
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"Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names."
],
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[
"diminutive",
"diminutive#English"
],
[
"affectionate",
"affectionate#English"
]
],
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"morpheme"
],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ie"
},
{
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
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},
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-jie"
},
{
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kie"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-pie"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-tjie"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-tje"
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"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
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"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kje"
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{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-pie"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kie"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ke"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ken"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-et"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-chen"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 23 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-iş"
}
]
},
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bike → bikie"
},
{
"text": "road → roadie"
},
{
"text": "surf → surfie"
},
{
"text": "town → townie"
}
],
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"Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb."
],
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"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
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"(occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb."
],
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],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
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{
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}
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"Obsolete spelling of -y"
],
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[
"-y",
"-y#English"
]
],
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"morpheme",
"obsolete"
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"word": "-ee"
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"word": "-ey"
}
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"word": "-ie"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English noun-forming suffixes",
"English productive suffixes",
"English suffixes",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl",
"text": "\"Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie,\" said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.\n\"You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly.\"\n\"I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls.\"\n\"And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "dear → dearie"
},
{
"text": "sweet → sweetie"
},
{
"text": "smile → smilie (also smiley)"
},
{
"text": "Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)"
},
{
"text": "Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names."
],
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive#English"
],
[
"affectionate",
"affectionate#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bike → bikie"
},
{
"text": "road → roadie"
},
{
"text": "surf → surfie"
},
{
"text": "town → townie"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
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"(occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb."
],
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"en:person associated"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
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"Obsolete spelling of -y"
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"-y",
"-y#English"
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},
{
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}
],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ie"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-etjie"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-jie"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kie"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-pie"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-tjie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-tje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-je"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-etje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-pje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-pie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-kie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-ken"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-et"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-ette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-chen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "forming diminutive nouns or names",
"word": "-iş"
}
],
"word": "-ie"
}
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