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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ewe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ewe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "eowu"
},
"expansion": "Old English eowu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*awi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *awi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*awiz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *awiz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂ówis",
"4": "",
"5": "sheep"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ēow",
"3": "",
"4": "sheep"
},
"expansion": "Old English ēow (“sheep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "ei"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian ei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ooi"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ooi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Aue"
},
"expansion": "German Aue",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "oí"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish oí",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ovis"
},
"expansion": "Latin ovis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "āᵤw",
"3": "ā(ᵤ)w"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "avìs",
"3": "",
"4": "ewe"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "овца́"
},
"expansion": "Russian овца́ (ovcá)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).\nCognates\nSee also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue); also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ewes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ewe (plural ewes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "ram"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Female animals",
"orig": "en:Female animals",
"parents": [
"Animals",
"Female",
"Lifeforms",
"Gender",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"Fundamental",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Society"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sheep",
"orig": "en:Sheep",
"parents": [
"Caprines",
"Livestock",
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Chordates",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "black ewe"
},
{
"word": "ewe lamb"
},
{
"word": "ewe neck"
},
{
"word": "ewe-necked"
},
{
"word": "hippo birdie two ewe"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female sheep, as opposed to a ram."
],
"id": "en-ewe-en-noun-7glKCC6G",
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
],
[
"ram",
"ram"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "hog"
},
{
"word": "ram"
},
{
"word": "shearling"
},
{
"word": "teg"
},
{
"word": "wether"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yowe"
},
{
"word": "yeo"
},
{
"word": "yoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Britain",
"Scotland",
"archaic",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "yow"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "skaapooi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "dele"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "delme"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naʕja",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَعْجَة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naʕga",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "نعجة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "makʻi",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "մաքի"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oai (roa-rup)"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "oveya"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "avjéčka",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аве́чка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dañvadez"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ovcá",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "овца́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "sui:ma.",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "သိုးမ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovella"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "žii",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "жий"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "mui͡on",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "муён"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔyáng",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "母羊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zāng",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "牂"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovce"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "moderfår"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hunfår"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ooi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ŝafino"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "alẽnɔ"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ær"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uuhi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "lammas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brebis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovella"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cxvari",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ცხვარი"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schaf (de)"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for clarity",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "weibliches Schaf"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"english": "chiefly when with young",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mutterschaf (de)"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"regional"
],
"word": "Zibbe (de)"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"roman": "de",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aue f *: Alemannic German: Au"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "provatína",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προβατίνα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnáda",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αρνάδα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "amnáda",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αμνάδα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "amnás",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀμνάς"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "sava piaqqiortoq"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rakhél",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "רחל \\ רָחֵל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bheṛ",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "भेड़"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "anyajuh"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ær"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caora"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fóisc (yearling)"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "two-year-old",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "athchaora"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "two-year-old",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "athfhóisc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pecora"
},
{
"alt": "めひつじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mehitsuji",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "牝羊"
},
{
"alt": "めひつじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mehitsuji",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "雌羊"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "gạb",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "گٔب"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amyang",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "암양"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "mê",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "مێ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "mî"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "mîh"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "mye",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "میە"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avs"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Au"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ovca",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "овца"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uwha hipi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "kātua hipi"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "dibétsaʼii"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "brébis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "søye"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "søye"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "ovĭca",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "овьца"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "ovĭca",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Glagolitic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eowu"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "miš",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "میش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "owca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovelha"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bakri"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oaie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oiță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ovcá",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "овца́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "járka",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́рка"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "yowe"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о́вца"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "óvca"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovca"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovca"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "lax"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oveja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oveja madre"
},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"roman": "DARA4",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "𒁱"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tacka"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tixsi"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mēṣi",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "మేషి"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "āḍagorre",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ఆడగొర్రె"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "šəbän",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ሽበን"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "awi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "anaç koyun"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṯảt",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "𐎘𐎀𐎚"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vivcjá",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вівця́"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "sovliq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "cừu cái"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "jijip"
},
{
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "xar mu jigéen"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miy"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "misna"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sheep"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/juː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jʊ̯u/"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English",
"archaic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/joː/",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
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},
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"derived": [
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"word": "black ewe"
},
{
"word": "ewe lamb"
},
{
"word": "ewe neck"
},
{
"word": "ewe-necked"
},
{
"word": "hippo birdie two ewe"
}
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},
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{
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},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "Aue"
},
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},
{
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},
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{
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "овца́"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"word": "hog"
},
{
"word": "ram"
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{
"word": "shearling"
},
{
"word": "teg"
},
{
"word": "wether"
}
],
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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "ram"
}
],
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English palindromes",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Rhymes:English/uː",
"Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable",
"en:Female animals",
"en:Sheep"
],
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"A female sheep, as opposed to a ram."
],
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
],
[
"ram",
"ram"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sheep"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/juː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jʊ̯u/"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English",
"archaic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/joː/",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
{
"homophone": "eau"
},
{
"homophone": "u"
},
{
"homophone": "yew"
},
{
"homophone": "you (in almost all dialects)"
},
{
"homophone": "yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)"
},
{
"homophone": "hew"
},
{
"homophone": "hue"
},
{
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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"word": "yowe"
},
{
"word": "yeo"
},
{
"word": "yoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Britain",
"Scotland",
"archaic",
"dialectal"
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "skaapooi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "dele"
},
{
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "female sheep",
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},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "نعجة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "makʻi",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "մաքի"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "oveya"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "avjéčka",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аве́чка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ovcá",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "овца́"
},
{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "sui:ma.",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "သိုးမ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovella"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "жий"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "mui͡on",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "муён"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔyáng",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "母羊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zāng",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "牂"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovce"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "moderfår"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hunfår"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ooi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ŝafino"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "alẽnɔ"
},
{
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ær"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uuhi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "lammas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brebis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovella"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cxvari",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ცხვარი"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for clarity",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "gsw",
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"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "gsw",
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"regional"
],
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{
"code": "gsw",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "provatína",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προβατίνα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnáda",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αρνάδα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "female sheep",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀμνάς"
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{
"code": "kl",
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},
{
"code": "he",
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"roman": "rakhél",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "רחל \\ רָחֵל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "भेड़"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "female sheep",
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},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ær"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caora"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fóisc (yearling)"
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{
"code": "ga",
"english": "two-year-old",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "athchaora"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"alt": "めひつじ",
"code": "ja",
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"word": "牝羊"
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"alt": "めひつじ",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "雌羊"
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{
"code": "ks",
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"sense": "female sheep",
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "암양"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "mê",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "مێ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "mî"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "mîh"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "mye",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "میە"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avs"
},
{
"code": "nds",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "ovca",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "uwha hipi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "kātua hipi"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "dibétsaʼii"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nn",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cu",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cu",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ang",
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],
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "میش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sco",
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"word": "yowe"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "óvca"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovca"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ovca"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "lax"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"roman": "DARA4",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "𒁱"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tacka"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mēṣi",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "మేషి"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "āḍagorre",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ఆడగొర్రె"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "šəbän",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "ሽበን"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "awi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "anaç koyun"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṯảt",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "𐎘𐎀𐎚"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vivcjá",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вівця́"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "sovliq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "cừu cái"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "jijip"
},
{
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "female sheep",
"word": "xar mu jigéen"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miy"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "female sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "misna"
}
],
"word": "ewe"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2386",
"msg": "inconsistent language codes de vs gsw in translation item: 't' {1: 'gsw', 2: 'Au', 3: 'f'}",
"path": [
"ewe",
"t"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ewe",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'German', 'code': 'gsw', 'sense': 'female sheep', 'roman': 'de', 'tags': ['feminine'], 'word': 'Aue f *: Alemannic German: Au'}",
"path": [
"ewe"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ewe",
"trace": ""
}
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