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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*kaay",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Kuki-Chin/kaay"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "pull"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "tbq-kuk-pro",
"3": "*kaay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaay",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaay.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "II kaih",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "verb",
"3": "stem II",
"4": "kaih"
},
"expansion": "kai (stem II kaih)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kaih"
},
"expansion": "kai (stem II kaih)",
"name": "lus-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Mizo",
"lang_code": "lus",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to pull, drag"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-TmXRbjI-",
"links": [
[
"pull",
"pull"
],
[
"drag",
"drag"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to spin (something else)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-1ieO7u2u",
"links": [
[
"spin",
"spin"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to play (a stringed instrument)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-IR21YKC4",
"links": [
[
"play",
"play"
],
[
"stringed instrument",
"stringed instrument"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ṭangkai"
}
],
"etymology_number": "2",
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{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "get"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "verb",
"3": "",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "lus-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Mizo",
"lang_code": "lus",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 10 12 24 13 15 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mizo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to get across (something)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-ZqU1UGue",
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"across",
"across"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to go on, proceed (to another subject of conversation)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-EamDQ--F",
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"go on",
"go on"
],
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to stick, cling (onto something)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-~RyKaD98",
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"cling",
"cling"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to get, catch, contract (something unwanted onto one's body, like bugs, mud or disease)"
],
"id": "en-kai-lus-verb-hm0riZ8I",
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"catch",
"catch"
],
[
"contract",
"contract"
],
[
"unwanted",
"unwanted"
],
[
"bug",
"bug"
],
[
"mud",
"mud"
],
[
"disease",
"disease"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
{
"categories": [
"Mizo entries with incorrect language header",
"Mizo lemmas",
"Mizo terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin",
"Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin",
"Mizo verbs",
"Pages with 36 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*kaay",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Kuki-Chin/kaay"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "pull"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "tbq-kuk-pro",
"3": "*kaay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaay",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaay.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "II kaih",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "verb",
"3": "stem II",
"4": "kaih"
},
"expansion": "kai (stem II kaih)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kaih"
},
"expansion": "kai (stem II kaih)",
"name": "lus-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Mizo",
"lang_code": "lus",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to pull, drag"
],
"links": [
[
"pull",
"pull"
],
[
"drag",
"drag"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to spin (something else)"
],
"links": [
[
"spin",
"spin"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to play (a stringed instrument)"
],
"links": [
[
"play",
"play"
],
[
"stringed instrument",
"stringed instrument"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
{
"categories": [
"Mizo entries with incorrect language header",
"Mizo lemmas",
"Mizo verbs",
"Pages with 36 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ṭangkai"
}
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "get"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lus",
"2": "verb",
"3": "",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "lus-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Mizo",
"lang_code": "lus",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to get across (something)"
],
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"across",
"across"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to go on, proceed (to another subject of conversation)"
],
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"go on",
"go on"
],
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to stick, cling (onto something)"
],
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"cling",
"cling"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get (something)",
"to get, catch, contract (something unwanted onto one's body, like bugs, mud or disease)"
],
"links": [
[
"get",
"get"
],
[
"catch",
"catch"
],
[
"contract",
"contract"
],
[
"unwanted",
"unwanted"
],
[
"bug",
"bug"
],
[
"mud",
"mud"
],
[
"disease",
"disease"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Mizo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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