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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*yəx̣s",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/yəx̣s"
],
[
"zas",
"zas#Tsuut'ina"
],
[
"yaθ",
"yaθ#Chipewyan"
],
[
"yas",
"yas#Beaver"
],
[
"yvθ",
"yvθ#Carrier"
],
[
"yas",
"yas#Sekani"
],
[
"yaas",
"yaas#Ahtna"
],
[
"-ZAS",
"-ZAS#Navajo"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*yəx̣s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srs",
"2": "zas"
},
"expansion": "Tsuut'ina zas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chp",
"2": "yaθ"
},
"expansion": "Chipewyan yaθ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bea",
"2": "yas"
},
"expansion": "Beaver yas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "crx",
"2": "yvθ"
},
"expansion": "Carrier yvθ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sek",
"2": "yas"
},
"expansion": "Sekani yas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aht",
"2": "yaas"
},
"expansion": "Ahtna yaas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-ZAS",
"2": "sprinkle"
},
"expansion": "-ZAS (“to sprinkle”)",
"name": "nv-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Tsuut'ina zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas. See also the root -ZAS (“to sprinkle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zas",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Eastern",
"Navajo"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "yas",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "Western"
},
"expansion": "(Western)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZAS (sprinkle)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 14 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Western Navajo",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nv",
"name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
"orig": "nv:Atmospheric phenomena",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nv",
"name": "Snow",
"orig": "nv:Snow",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "wet snow",
"translation": "wet snow",
"word": "yas ditłéʼé"
},
{
"word": "Yas Niłtʼees"
},
{
"word": "yaskááʼ"
},
{
"english": "snowshoe",
"translation": "snowshoe",
"word": "yaské"
}
],
"glosses": [
"snow"
],
"id": "en-yas-nv-noun-p0YiLwnY",
"links": [
[
"snow",
"snow"
]
],
"tags": [
"Western"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɑ̀s/"
},
{
"audio": "Nv-yas.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Nv-yas.ogg/Nv-yas.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Nv-yas.ogg"
}
],
"word": "yas"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "wet snow",
"translation": "wet snow",
"word": "yas ditłéʼé"
},
{
"word": "Yas Niłtʼees"
},
{
"word": "yaskááʼ"
},
{
"english": "snowshoe",
"translation": "snowshoe",
"word": "yaské"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*yəx̣s",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/yəx̣s"
],
[
"zas",
"zas#Tsuut'ina"
],
[
"yaθ",
"yaθ#Chipewyan"
],
[
"yas",
"yas#Beaver"
],
[
"yvθ",
"yvθ#Carrier"
],
[
"yas",
"yas#Sekani"
],
[
"yaas",
"yaas#Ahtna"
],
[
"-ZAS",
"-ZAS#Navajo"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*yəx̣s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srs",
"2": "zas"
},
"expansion": "Tsuut'ina zas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chp",
"2": "yaθ"
},
"expansion": "Chipewyan yaθ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bea",
"2": "yas"
},
"expansion": "Beaver yas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "crx",
"2": "yvθ"
},
"expansion": "Carrier yvθ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sek",
"2": "yas"
},
"expansion": "Sekani yas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aht",
"2": "yaas"
},
"expansion": "Ahtna yaas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-ZAS",
"2": "sprinkle"
},
"expansion": "-ZAS (“to sprinkle”)",
"name": "nv-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Tsuut'ina zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas. See also the root -ZAS (“to sprinkle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zas",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Eastern",
"Navajo"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "yas",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "Western"
},
"expansion": "(Western)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"Navajo lemmas",
"Navajo nouns",
"Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZAS (sprinkle)",
"Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Pages with 14 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Western Navajo",
"nv:Atmospheric phenomena",
"nv:Snow"
],
"glosses": [
"snow"
],
"links": [
[
"snow",
"snow"
]
],
"tags": [
"Western"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɑ̀s/"
},
{
"audio": "Nv-yas.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Nv-yas.ogg/Nv-yas.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Nv-yas.ogg"
}
],
"word": "yas"
}
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