See -ку in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "-ғу",
"roman": "-γu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-ху",
"roman": "-xu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-гу",
"roman": "-gu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niv",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ку (-ku)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Nivkh",
"lang_code": "niv",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Amur Nivkh",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "North Sakhalin Nivkh",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural marker for nouns and verbs"
],
"id": "en--ку-niv-suffix-YWsb~eoe",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Amur, North Sakhalin) plural marker for nouns and verbs"
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "-kun",
"tags": [
"East",
"Sakhalin",
"South"
],
"word": "-кун"
}
],
"tags": [
"Amur",
"North",
"Sakhalin",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ku/"
}
],
"word": "-ку"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "-ғу",
"roman": "-γu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-гу",
"roman": "-gu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niv",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ку (-ku)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Nivkh",
"lang_code": "niv",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 66",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Nivkh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "ӻотьть (ġoțț) + -ку (-ku) → ӻотькудь (ġoțkud̦)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative suffix"
],
"id": "en--ку-niv-suffix-QjNKYV2B",
"links": [
[
"Causative",
"causative"
]
],
"tags": [
"causative",
"morpheme",
"suffix"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ku/"
}
],
"word": "-ку"
}
{
"categories": [
"Nivkh entries with incorrect language header",
"Nivkh lemmas",
"Nivkh suffixes",
"Nivkh terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "-ғу",
"roman": "-γu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-ху",
"roman": "-xu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-гу",
"roman": "-gu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niv",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ку (-ku)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Nivkh",
"lang_code": "niv",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"roman": "-kun",
"tags": [
"East",
"Sakhalin",
"South"
],
"word": "-кун"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Amur Nivkh",
"North Sakhalin Nivkh"
],
"glosses": [
"plural marker for nouns and verbs"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Amur, North Sakhalin) plural marker for nouns and verbs"
],
"tags": [
"Amur",
"North",
"Sakhalin",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ku/"
}
],
"word": "-ку"
}
{
"categories": [
"Nivkh entries with incorrect language header",
"Nivkh lemmas",
"Nivkh suffixes",
"Nivkh terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "-ғу",
"roman": "-γu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-гу",
"roman": "-gu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "niv",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ку (-ku)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Nivkh",
"lang_code": "niv",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "ӻотьть (ġoțț) + -ку (-ku) → ӻотькудь (ġoțkud̦)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative suffix"
],
"links": [
[
"Causative",
"causative"
]
],
"tags": [
"causative",
"morpheme",
"suffix"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ku/"
}
],
"word": "-ку"
}
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