"be" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See be in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

Etymology: Usually compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”). The Common Turkic form *ben is a result of back formation from the oblique stem *bẹn- with the pronominal-n. Etymology templates: {{cog|xgn-pro|*bi|t=I}} Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”), {{cog|tuw-pro|*bi|t=I}} Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|postposition}} *be
  1. Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-be-trk-pro-postp-2e9g2v5C Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Turkic personal pronouns, Proto-Turkic postpositions, Proto-Turkic pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic personal pronouns: 57 43 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic postpositions: 51 44 5 Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic pronouns: 53 47 0
  2. Denotes first person singular after various tenses Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-be-trk-pro-postp-upahch2d Categories (other): Proto-Turkic postpositions, Proto-Turkic pronouns Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic postpositions: 51 44 5 Disambiguation of Proto-Turkic pronouns: 53 47 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bẹ-niŋ, bẹ-ni Related terms: biŕ (english: we)

Pronoun

Etymology: Usually compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”). The Common Turkic form *ben is a result of back formation from the oblique stem *bẹn- with the pronominal-n. Etymology templates: {{cog|xgn-pro|*bi|t=I}} Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”), {{cog|tuw-pro|*bi|t=I}} Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} *be Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bẹ [nominative, singular], beni [accusative, singular], beniŋ [genitive, singular], baŋa [dative, singular], bente [locative, singular], benten [ablative, singular], baŋaru [allative, singular], benin [instrumental, singular], benče [equative, singular], benleyü [error-unrecognized-form, singular], benligü [comitative, singular]
  1. I Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-be-trk-pro-pron-qD3QzL~-
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xgn-pro",
        "2": "*bi",
        "t": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tuw-pro",
        "2": "*bi",
        "t": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”).\nThe Common Turkic form *ben is a result of back formation from the oblique stem *bẹn- with the pronominal-n.",
  "forms": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bẹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baŋa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baŋaru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "*be",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/be",
  "pos": "pron",
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      "glosses": [
        "I"
      ],
      "id": "en-be-trk-pro-pron-qD3QzL~-",
      "links": [
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          "I",
          "I"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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          "roman": "ep̬ĕ",
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        }
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        }
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    },
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      "descendants": [
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          "descendants": [
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                },
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                  "word": "-əm"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "män",
                  "word": "من"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "-äm",
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                },
                {
                  "lang": "Sonqori",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "mä",
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                },
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                  "word": "-əm"
                },
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                  "roman": "män",
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                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "-äm",
                  "word": "ـم"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Sonqori",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "mä",
                  "word": "مه"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Sonqori",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "-äm",
                  "word": "ـم"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "az",
              "roman": "-äm",
              "word": "ـم"
            },
            {
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                {
                  "lang": "Gagauz",
                  "lang_code": "gag",
                  "word": "bän"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Gagauz",
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                  "word": "-im"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Turkish",
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                  "word": "ben"
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                  "lang": "Turkish",
                  "lang_code": "tr",
                  "word": "-im"
                }
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              "roman": "ben",
              "word": "بن"
            },
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                  "lang_code": "gag",
                  "word": "bän"
                },
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                  "lang_code": "tr",
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                }
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              "lang_code": "ota",
              "roman": "-im",
              "word": "ـم"
            }
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          "lang_code": "trk-oat",
          "roman": "bän",
          "word": "بن"
        },
        {
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            {
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                {
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                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "word": "mən"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Azerbaijani",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "word": "-əm"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "män",
                  "word": "من"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
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                  "word": "ـم"
                },
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                  "lang": "Sonqori",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "mä",
                  "word": "مه"
                },
                {
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                  "roman": "-äm",
                  "word": "ـم"
                }
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                  "word": "mən"
                },
                {
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                  "word": "-əm"
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                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "män",
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                },
                {
                  "lang": "Qashqai",
                  "lang_code": "az",
                  "roman": "-äm",
                  "word": "ـم"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Sonqori",
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                  "roman": "mä",
                  "word": "مه"
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                  "lang": "Sonqori",
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                }
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                  "word": "bän"
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          "roman": "-vän",
          "word": "ـون"
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        {
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          "word": "men"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
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      "word": "بَنْ"
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        {
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                {
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                      "roman": "men",
                      "word": "مەن"
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                    {
                      "lang": "Uyghur",
                      "lang_code": "ug",
                      "roman": "-men",
                      "word": "ـمەن"
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                      "word": "men"
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                    {
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                      "word": "-man"
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                  "lang_code": "chg",
                  "roman": "män",
                  "word": "من"
                }
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              "lang_code": "zkh",
              "roman": "bän",
              "word": "بن"
            },
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                {
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                      "roman": "men",
                      "word": "مەن"
                    },
                    {
                      "lang": "Uyghur",
                      "lang_code": "ug",
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                      "word": "ـمەن"
                    },
                    {
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                      "lang_code": "uz",
                      "word": "men"
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                    {
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                      "word": "-man"
                    }
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                  "word": "من"
                }
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              "word": "من"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "xqa",
          "roman": "män",
          "word": "مَنْ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karluk",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Bashkir",
                  "lang_code": "ba",
                  "roman": "min",
                  "word": "мин"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Tatar",
                  "lang_code": "tt",
                  "roman": "min",
                  "word": "мин"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "North Kipchak",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
                  "lang_code": "crh",
                  "word": "men"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
                  "lang_code": "krc",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Karaim",
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                  "word": "мэн"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Kumyk",
                  "lang_code": "kum",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
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                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "Karakalpak",
                      "lang_code": "kaa",
                      "word": "мен"
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                      "descendants": [
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                          "lang": "Arabic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "men",
                          "word": "مەن"
                        },
                        {
                          "lang": "Arabic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "-mın",
                          "word": "ـمىن"
                        },
                        {
                          "lang": "Arabic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "-bın",
                          "word": "ـبىن"
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                          "lang": "Arabic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "-pın",
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                          "lang_code": "kk",
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                          "lang_code": "kk",
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                          "lang_code": "kk",
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                        {
                          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "-bin",
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                        {
                          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
                          "roman": "-bın",
                          "word": "-бын"
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                          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
                          "lang_code": "kk",
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                      "lang_code": "alt",
                      "roman": "men",
                      "word": "мен"
                    }
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              "roman": "mn²",
              "word": "𐰢𐰤"
            },
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              "lang": "Old Turkic",
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              "lang": "Old Turkic",
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              "word": "𐰌𐰥"
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                  "word": "men"
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              "roman": "mn",
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              "roman": "min",
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              "roman": "min",
              "word": "мин"
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
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                  "lang_code": "tyv",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
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                }
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              "lang_code": "unknown"
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              "roman": "men",
              "word": "мен"
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              "lang": "Northern Altai",
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              "roman": "bin",
              "word": "бин"
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          "lang": "South Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
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            }
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          "lang": "North Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Tofa",
                  "lang_code": "kim",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Tuvan",
                  "lang_code": "tyv",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sayan Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Khakas",
                  "lang_code": "kjh",
                  "roman": "min",
                  "word": "мин"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Shor",
                  "lang_code": "cjs",
                  "roman": "men",
                  "word": "мен"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Yenisei Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Northern Altai",
              "lang_code": "atv",
              "roman": "men",
              "word": "мен"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Northern Altai",
              "lang_code": "atv",
              "roman": "bin",
              "word": "бин"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xgn-pro",
        "2": "*bi",
        "t": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tuw-pro",
        "2": "*bi",
        "t": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Tungusic *bi (“I”).\nThe Common Turkic form *ben is a result of back formation from the oblique stem *bẹn- with the pronominal-n.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "*be",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/be",
  "pos": "postp",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "we",
      "translation": "we",
      "word": "biŕ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Denotes \"to be\" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "am",
          "am"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Turkic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I come",
          "text": "*kẹlür ben",
          "translation": "I come",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denotes first person singular after various tenses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}

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