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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ojp",
"2": "似",
"tr": "nisu"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese: 似 (nisu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Japanese: 似 (nisu)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "似せる",
"tr": "niseru"
},
"expansion": "Japanese: 似せる (niseru)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Japanese: 似せる (niseru)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "jpx-ryu-pro",
"2": "*nise"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Ryukyuan: *nise\nNorthern Ryukyuan:\nOkinawan: 偽 (にし, nishi)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Ryukyuan: *nise\nNorthern Ryukyuan:\nOkinawan: 偽 (にし, nishi)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Causative of *niru.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nisay",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "Proto-Japonic",
"lang_code": "jpx-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nis-a-",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Japonic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to copy, counterfeit, forge"
],
"id": "en-nis-a--jpx-pro-verb-smcQR6Jh",
"links": [
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"copy",
"copy"
],
[
"counterfeit",
"counterfeit"
],
[
"forge",
"forge"
]
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{
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to lie"
],
"id": "en-nis-a--jpx-pro-verb-ChbNBsoI",
"links": [
[
"lie",
"lie"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "nis-a-"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Japonic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Japonic lemmas",
"Proto-Japonic multiword terms",
"Proto-Japonic verbs"
],
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{
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"templates": [
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Japanese: 似 (nisu)"
},
{
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"templates": [
{
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"1": "ja",
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Japanese: 似せる (niseru)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "jpx-ryu-pro",
"2": "*nise"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Ryukyuan: *nise\nNorthern Ryukyuan:\nOkinawan: 偽 (にし, nishi)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Ryukyuan: *nise\nNorthern Ryukyuan:\nOkinawan: 偽 (にし, nishi)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Causative of *niru.",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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}
],
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"lang_code": "jpx-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nis-a-",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"to copy, counterfeit, forge"
],
"links": [
[
"copy",
"copy"
],
[
"counterfeit",
"counterfeit"
],
[
"forge",
"forge"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"to lie"
],
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],
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]
}
],
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}
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