"wṓkʷs" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See wṓkʷs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ine-pro|afeq|*wekʷ->speak|id=speech}} Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|noun|||oblique stem|*wokʷ-|f2nolink=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|head5=}} *wṓkʷs f (oblique stem *wokʷ-) Inflection templates: {{ine-decl-noun-mf|wókʷ|wókʷ|ac=acrostatic|nom_sg=wṓkʷs}} Forms: wokʷ- [oblique, stem], no-table-tags [table-tags], wṓkʷs [nominative, singular], wókʷh₁ [dual, nominative], wókʷh₁e [dual, nominative], wókʷes [nominative, plural], wók [singular, vocative], wókʷh₁ [dual, vocative], wókʷh₁e [dual, vocative], wókʷes [plural, vocative], wókʷm̥ [accusative, singular], wókʷh₁ [accusative, dual], wókʷh₁e [accusative, dual], wókʷm̥s [accusative, plural], wókʷs [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], wókʷoHom [genitive, plural], wókʷs [ablative, singular], - [ablative, dual], wókʷmos [ablative, plural], wókʷbʰos [ablative, plural], wókʷey [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], wókʷmos [dative, plural], wókʷbʰos [dative, plural], wók [locative, singular], wókʷi [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], wókʷsu [locative, plural], wókʷh₁ [instrumental, singular], - [dual, instrumental], wókʷmis [instrumental, plural], wókʷbʰis [instrumental, plural]
  1. voice, speech Tags: feminine, reconstruction Derived forms (Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô): wōm (english: noise) [Old-English], ómr (english: sound) [Old-Norse], ómun (english: voice) [Old-Norse] Derived forms (Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô; Old High German): giwahan Derived forms (⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wōhmijaną (“to sound, make a noise”)): wēman [Old-English]
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "wackis",
            "t": "outcry"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Prussian: wackis (“outcry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Prussian: wackis (“outcry”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
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        },
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            "1": "lv",
            "2": "vāci",
            "t": "Germans"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: vāci (“Germans”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(possibly) Latvian: vāci (“Germans”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
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          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
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            "t": "German"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: vokietis (“German”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(possibly) Lithuanian: vokietis (“German”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *wókʷs"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: ὄψ (óps)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: ὄψ (óps)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wā́kš",
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        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wā́kš (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *wōks",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *wōks (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*wek"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *wek",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *wek (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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      "form": "wokʷ-",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-decl-noun-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "wṓkʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wók",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷm̥",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷm̥s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wók",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oblique stem",
        "6": "*wokʷ-",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*wṓkʷs f (oblique stem *wokʷ-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wókʷ",
        "2": "wókʷ",
        "ac": "acrostatic",
        "nom_sg": "wṓkʷs"
      },
      "name": "ine-decl-noun-mf"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wṓkʷs",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the root *wekʷ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "noise",
          "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
          "tags": [
            "Old-English"
          ],
          "word": "wōm"
        },
        {
          "english": "sound",
          "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
          "tags": [
            "Old-Norse"
          ],
          "word": "ómr"
        },
        {
          "english": "voice",
          "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
          "tags": [
            "Old-Norse"
          ],
          "word": "ómun"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô; Old High German",
          "word": "giwahan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wōhmijaną (“to sound, make a noise”)",
          "tags": [
            "Old-English"
          ],
          "word": "wēman"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voice, speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-wṓkʷs-ine-pro-noun-zWLxa54E",
      "links": [
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wṓkʷs"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "noise",
      "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "wōm"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô; Old High German",
      "word": "giwahan"
    },
    {
      "english": "sound",
      "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
      "tags": [
        "Old-Norse"
      ],
      "word": "ómr"
    },
    {
      "english": "voice",
      "sense": "Proto-Germanic: *wōhmaz, *wōhmô",
      "tags": [
        "Old-Norse"
      ],
      "word": "ómun"
    },
    {
      "sense": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wōhmijaną (“to sound, make a noise”)",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "wēman"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "wackis",
            "t": "outcry"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Prussian: wackis (“outcry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Prussian: wackis (“outcry”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "vāci",
            "t": "Germans"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: vāci (“Germans”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(possibly) Latvian: vāci (“Germans”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "vokietis",
            "t": "German"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: vokietis (“German”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(possibly) Lithuanian: vokietis (“German”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*wókʷs"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *wókʷs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "ὄψ"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: ὄψ (óps)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: ὄψ (óps)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*wā́kš"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wā́kš",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wā́kš (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*wōks"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *wōks",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *wōks (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*wek"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *wek",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *wek (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "afeq",
        "3": "*wekʷ->speak",
        "id": "speech"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wokʷ-",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-decl-noun-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wṓkʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wók",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷm̥",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷm̥s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wók",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷmis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wókʷbʰis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oblique stem",
        "6": "*wokʷ-",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*wṓkʷs f (oblique stem *wokʷ-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wókʷ",
        "2": "wókʷ",
        "ac": "acrostatic",
        "nom_sg": "wṓkʷs"
      },
      "name": "ine-decl-noun-mf"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wṓkʷs",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European acrostatic root nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the root *wekʷ-",
        "ine-pro:Sound",
        "ine-pro:Talking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voice, speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wṓkʷs"
}

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