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"alt": "-an",
"word": "kenaan [repetition"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"word": "reciprocity]"
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"word": "reciprocity]"
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"english": "meN- + -kan",
"word": "mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "di- + -kan",
"word": "dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive]"
},
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"word": "terkena [agentless action]"
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"english": "why",
"word": "kenapa"
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"2": "kena",
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},
"expansion": "→ English: kena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: kena"
},
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{
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"1": "id",
"2": "kena"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: kena",
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],
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}
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"1": "ms",
"2": "ms-cla",
"3": "کنا",
"tr": "kena"
},
"expansion": "Classical Malay کنا (kena)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "ms-old",
"tr": "knā"
},
"expansion": "Old Malay [script needed] (knā)",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*kəna"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kəna",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*kəna"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kəNa",
"t": "be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Classical Malay کنا (kena), from Old Malay [script needed] (knā), from Proto-Malayic *kəna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "کنا",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "kene",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"j": "کنا"
},
"expansion": "kena (Jawi spelling کنا)",
"name": "ms-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 7 6 3 4 3 2 2 14 2 3 2 14 3 2 13 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 12 entries",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 8 6 2 2 2 1 1 16 1 2 1 16 2 1 14 16",
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 5 3 26 34",
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"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely"
],
"id": "en-kena-ms-verb-Fo1oPBgg",
"links": [
[
"incur",
"incur"
],
[
"adversely",
"adversely"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off"
],
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"links": [
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"contact",
"contact"
],
[
"experience",
"experience"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect"
],
"id": "en-kena-ms-verb-PusdcCwz",
"links": [
[
"touch",
"touch"
],
[
"strike",
"strike"
],
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"affect",
"affect"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "8 7 6 3 4 3 2 2 14 2 3 2 14 3 2 13 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 12 entries",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 8 6 2 2 2 1 1 16 1 2 1 16 2 1 14 16",
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "33 5 3 26 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to have to do, to need to do, to need"
],
"id": "en-kena-ms-verb-gWx0W1QT",
"links": [
[
"have to do",
"have to do"
],
[
"need",
"need"
],
[
"do",
"do"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "perlu"
},
{
"word": "harus"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "8 7 6 3 4 3 2 2 14 2 3 2 14 3 2 13 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 12 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 8 6 2 2 2 1 1 16 1 2 1 16 2 1 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 5 3 26 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"glosses": [
"to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise"
],
"id": "en-kena-ms-verb-S9EoTYtq",
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"exact",
"exact"
],
[
"accurate",
"accurate"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cocok"
},
{
"word": "patut"
},
{
"word": "tepat"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈna/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈna]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkənə/",
"note": "Johor-Riau"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkə.nə]",
"note": "Johor-Riau"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
}
],
"word": "kena"
}
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"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay terms derived from Classical Malay",
"Malay terms derived from Old Malay",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms inherited from Classical Malay",
"Malay terms inherited from Old Malay",
"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Malay verbs",
"Pages with 12 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for native script for Old Malay terms",
"Rhymes:Malay/a",
"Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/ə",
"Rhymes:Malay/ə/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"alt": "-an",
"word": "kenaan [repetition"
},
{
"alt": "-an",
"roman": "-an",
"word": "reciprocity]"
},
{
"english": "beR- + -an",
"word": "berkenaan [stative"
},
{
"english": "beR- + -an",
"word": "habitual + repetition"
},
{
"english": "beR- + -an",
"word": "reciprocity]"
},
{
"english": "meN- + -kan",
"word": "mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
},
{
"english": "di- + -kan",
"word": "dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive]"
},
{
"alt": "teR-",
"word": "terkena [agentless action]"
},
{
"english": "why",
"word": "kenapa"
},
{
"word": "kena-mengena"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: kena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: kena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kena"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: kena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: kena"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "ms-cla",
"3": "کنا",
"tr": "kena"
},
"expansion": "Classical Malay کنا (kena)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "ms-old",
"tr": "knā"
},
"expansion": "Old Malay [script needed] (knā)",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*kəna"
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"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kəna",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*kəna"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kəNa",
"t": "be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Classical Malay کنا (kena), from Old Malay [script needed] (knā), from Proto-Malayic *kəna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "کنا",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "kene",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"j": "کنا"
},
"expansion": "kena (Jawi spelling کنا)",
"name": "ms-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely"
],
"links": [
[
"incur",
"incur"
],
[
"adversely",
"adversely"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off"
],
"links": [
[
"contact",
"contact"
],
[
"experience",
"experience"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect"
],
"links": [
[
"touch",
"touch"
],
[
"strike",
"strike"
],
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"affect",
"affect"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to have to do, to need to do, to need"
],
"links": [
[
"have to do",
"have to do"
],
[
"need",
"need"
],
[
"do",
"do"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "perlu"
},
{
"word": "harus"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise"
],
"links": [
[
"exact",
"exact"
],
[
"accurate",
"accurate"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cocok"
},
{
"word": "patut"
},
{
"word": "tepat"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈna/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈna]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkənə/",
"note": "Johor-Riau"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkə.nə]",
"note": "Johor-Riau"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
}
],
"word": "kena"
}
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