See acca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "ca",
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},
"expansion": "Catalan: hac",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: hac"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "co",
"2": "acca"
},
"expansion": "Corsican: acca",
"name": "desc"
}
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "acca"
},
"expansion": "Italian: acca",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Italian: acca"
},
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"1": "fro",
"2": "ache"
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"text": "Old French: ache"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "ache"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: ache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: ache"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ache"
},
"expansion": "French: ache",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "French: ache (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ache",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle English: ache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: ache"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "aitch"
},
"expansion": "English: aitch",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "English: aitch (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "hache",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: hache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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{
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},
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}
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},
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{
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"1": "pt",
"2": "agá"
},
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"name": "desc"
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],
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}
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"3": ""
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/acca",
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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{
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
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"word": "cē"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "dē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ef"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "gē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "hā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "acca"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "kā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "el"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "em"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "en"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ō"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "pē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "kū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "er"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "es"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "tē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ix"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "īx"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ex"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ȳ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ī graeca"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ȳpsīlon"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "zēta"
}
],
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"The name of the letter H."
],
"id": "en-acca-la-noun-RcRQMoPI",
"links": [
[
"H",
"H"
]
],
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{
"word": "hā"
},
{
"word": "aca"
}
],
"tags": [
"Proto-Italo-Western-Romance",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈakka/"
}
],
"word": "acca"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "littera"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "bē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "cē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "dē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ef"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "gē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "acca"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "kā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "el"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "em"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "en"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ō"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "pē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "kū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "er"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "es"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "tē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ix"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "īx"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ex"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ȳ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ī graeca"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ȳpsīlon"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "zēta"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "hac"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: hac",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: hac"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "co",
"2": "acca"
},
"expansion": "Corsican: acca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Corsican: acca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "acca"
},
"expansion": "Italian: acca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: acca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "ache"
},
"expansion": "Old French: ache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: ache"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "ache"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: ache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: ache"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ache"
},
"expansion": "French: ache",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "French: ache (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ache",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle English: ache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: ache"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "aitch"
},
"expansion": "English: aitch",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "English: aitch (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "hache",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: hache",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: hache"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "acha"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: acha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: acha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "agá"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: agá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: agá (< *acá)"
}
],
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "reconstructed noun",
"3": ""
},
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],
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"lang_code": "la",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/acca",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin reconstructed nouns",
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"The name of the letter H."
],
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[
"H",
"H"
]
],
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"reconstruction"
]
}
],
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{
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}
],
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{
"word": "hā"
},
{
"word": "aca"
}
],
"word": "acca"
}
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