See vale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "you might die eating at one house but live if there are two",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translation": "you might die eating at one house but live if there are two",
"word": "mate vale dua, bula vale rua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "fruit of the ivi tree (Polynesian chestnut)",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translation": "fruit of the ivi tree (Polynesian chestnut)",
"word": "vale drauna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "burial grave; house six feet in length",
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"literally"
],
"translation": "burial grave; house six feet in length",
"word": "vale katu dua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "wooden house",
"translation": "wooden house",
"word": "vale kau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "toilet",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"translation": "toilet",
"word": "vale lailai"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "hospital; house of health",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "hospital; house of health",
"word": "vale ni bula"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "National Archives",
"translation": "National Archives",
"word": "vale ni iTukutuku Maroroi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "hospital; house of illness",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"literally"
],
"translation": "hospital; house of illness",
"word": "vale ni mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "vale ni po"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lavatory, outhouse",
"translation": "lavatory, outhouse",
"word": "vale ni vo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "prison",
"translation": "prison",
"word": "vale ni veivesu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "bus shelter",
"translation": "bus shelter",
"word": "vale ni wawa basi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Fiji National Museum",
"translation": "Fiji National Museum",
"word": "Vale ni Yaya Makawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "vale simede"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "cement-block house",
"translation": "cement-block house",
"word": "vale vatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "three-storey building",
"translation": "three-storey building",
"word": "vale tabatolu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Fijian thatched house",
"translation": "Fijian thatched house",
"word": "vale vakaViti"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lean-to, shack, temporary house",
"translation": "lean-to, shack, temporary house",
"word": "vale vakenani"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "flush toilet",
"translation": "flush toilet",
"word": "valenivo dre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "pit toilet",
"translation": "pit toilet",
"word": "valenivo keli"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "housing",
"translation": "housing",
"word": "veivaka-valetaki"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*pale"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pale",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "pqe-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "vale",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Fijian",
"lang_code": "fj",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 40 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fj",
"name": "Housing",
"orig": "fj:Housing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"english": "S/he went home.",
"text": "E lako ki vale ko koya.",
"translation": "S/he went home.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
7
]
],
"english": "A house two fathoms in length.",
"text": "E dua na vale katu rua.",
"translation": "A house two fathoms in length.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"house, home"
],
"id": "en-vale-fj-noun-5XyCHOg5",
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
],
[
"home",
"home"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 70 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 53 22",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fj",
"name": "Buildings",
"orig": "fj:Buildings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
13,
21
]
],
"english": "three-storey building",
"text": "vale tabatolu",
"translation": "three-storey building",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"any building"
],
"id": "en-vale-fj-noun-0rxTH9s7",
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Fijian terms with collocations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "hospital",
"literal_meaning": "house of health",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "vale ni bula",
"translation": "hospital",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "prison",
"literal_meaning": "house of change",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "vale ni veivesu",
"translation": "prison",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"place, institution"
],
"id": "en-vale-fj-noun-3IvaFSfm",
"links": [
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"institution",
"institution"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) place, institution"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
}
],
"word": "vale"
}
{
"categories": [
"Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
"Fijian lemmas",
"Fijian nouns",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Pages with 19 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"fj:Buildings",
"fj:Housing"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "you might die eating at one house but live if there are two",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translation": "you might die eating at one house but live if there are two",
"word": "mate vale dua, bula vale rua"
},
{
"english": "fruit of the ivi tree (Polynesian chestnut)",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translation": "fruit of the ivi tree (Polynesian chestnut)",
"word": "vale drauna"
},
{
"english": "burial grave; house six feet in length",
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"literally"
],
"translation": "burial grave; house six feet in length",
"word": "vale katu dua"
},
{
"english": "wooden house",
"translation": "wooden house",
"word": "vale kau"
},
{
"english": "toilet",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"translation": "toilet",
"word": "vale lailai"
},
{
"english": "hospital; house of health",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "hospital; house of health",
"word": "vale ni bula"
},
{
"english": "National Archives",
"translation": "National Archives",
"word": "vale ni iTukutuku Maroroi"
},
{
"english": "hospital; house of illness",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"literally"
],
"translation": "hospital; house of illness",
"word": "vale ni mate"
},
{
"word": "vale ni po"
},
{
"english": "lavatory, outhouse",
"translation": "lavatory, outhouse",
"word": "vale ni vo"
},
{
"english": "prison",
"translation": "prison",
"word": "vale ni veivesu"
},
{
"english": "bus shelter",
"translation": "bus shelter",
"word": "vale ni wawa basi"
},
{
"english": "Fiji National Museum",
"translation": "Fiji National Museum",
"word": "Vale ni Yaya Makawa"
},
{
"word": "vale simede"
},
{
"english": "cement-block house",
"translation": "cement-block house",
"word": "vale vatu"
},
{
"english": "three-storey building",
"translation": "three-storey building",
"word": "vale tabatolu"
},
{
"english": "Fijian thatched house",
"translation": "Fijian thatched house",
"word": "vale vakaViti"
},
{
"english": "lean-to, shack, temporary house",
"translation": "lean-to, shack, temporary house",
"word": "vale vakenani"
},
{
"english": "flush toilet",
"translation": "flush toilet",
"word": "valenivo dre"
},
{
"english": "pit toilet",
"translation": "pit toilet",
"word": "valenivo keli"
},
{
"english": "housing",
"translation": "housing",
"word": "veivaka-valetaki"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*pale"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pale",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "pqe-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *balay",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "vale",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Fijian",
"lang_code": "fj",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"english": "S/he went home.",
"text": "E lako ki vale ko koya.",
"translation": "S/he went home.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
7
]
],
"english": "A house two fathoms in length.",
"text": "E dua na vale katu rua.",
"translation": "A house two fathoms in length.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"house, home"
],
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
],
[
"home",
"home"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
13,
21
]
],
"english": "three-storey building",
"text": "vale tabatolu",
"translation": "three-storey building",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"any building"
],
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "hospital",
"literal_meaning": "house of health",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "vale ni bula",
"translation": "hospital",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "prison",
"literal_meaning": "house of change",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "vale ni veivesu",
"translation": "prison",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"place, institution"
],
"links": [
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"institution",
"institution"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) place, institution"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
}
],
"word": "vale"
}
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