See kaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ċeaf"
},
"expansion": "Old English: ċeaf, ċef, *cæf — unattested, but descendants found in Middle English\nMiddle English: chaf, caf, caff, caffe, chaff, chaffe, chef, kaf, kaff, schaf\nEnglish: chaff\nScots: caff\n→ Irish: cabha",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: ċeaf, ċef, *cæf — unattested, but descendants found in Middle English\nMiddle English: chaf, caf, caff, caffe, chaff, chaffe, chef, kaf, kaff, schaf\nEnglish: chaff\nScots: caff\n→ Irish: cabha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*tzef"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *tzef",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *tzef"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "East Frisian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "schieff",
"3": "scheff",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "schieff, scheff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Harlingerland Frisian: schieff, scheff"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Sääf"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Sääf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: Sääf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "sjëf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "sjëf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Wangerooge Frisian: sjëf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "tsjêf"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: tsjêf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: tsjêf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "sjêf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "sjêf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gaasterland: sjêf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "tsjêb",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "tsjêb",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Terschelling: tsjêb"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Kaff"
},
"expansion": "German Low German: Kaff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German Low German: Kaff"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ North Frisian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ North Frisian:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "kaf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Föhr-Amrum: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "Kaf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sylt: Kaf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*caf"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *caf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *caf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "caf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: caf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: caf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Afrikaans: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Afrikaans: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "kaf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ West Frisian: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ West Frisian: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Kaff"
},
"expansion": "German: Kaff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Kaff"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Kuef"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish: Kuef",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Luxembourgish: Kuef"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵep-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵep-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵep-, *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth; to eat, chew, devour”).",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Neuter a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "kaf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kaf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "*kaf n",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaf",
"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-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"chaff"
],
"id": "en-kaf-gmw-pro-noun-Q4tRfQig",
"links": [
[
"chaff",
"chaff"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "kefu"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kaf"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ċeaf"
},
"expansion": "Old English: ċeaf, ċef, *cæf — unattested, but descendants found in Middle English\nMiddle English: chaf, caf, caff, caffe, chaff, chaffe, chef, kaf, kaff, schaf\nEnglish: chaff\nScots: caff\n→ Irish: cabha",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: ċeaf, ċef, *cæf — unattested, but descendants found in Middle English\nMiddle English: chaf, caf, caff, caffe, chaff, chaffe, chef, kaf, kaff, schaf\nEnglish: chaff\nScots: caff\n→ Irish: cabha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*tzef"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *tzef",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *tzef"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "East Frisian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "schieff",
"3": "scheff",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "schieff, scheff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Harlingerland Frisian: schieff, scheff"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Sääf"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Sääf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: Sääf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "sjëf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "sjëf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Wangerooge Frisian: sjëf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "tsjêf"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: tsjêf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: tsjêf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "sjêf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "sjêf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gaasterland: sjêf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "tsjêb",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "tsjêb",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Terschelling: tsjêb"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Kaff"
},
"expansion": "German Low German: Kaff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German Low German: Kaff"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ North Frisian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ North Frisian:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "kaf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Föhr-Amrum: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "Kaf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sylt: Kaf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*caf"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *caf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *caf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "caf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: caf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: caf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Afrikaans: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Afrikaans: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "kaf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ West Frisian: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ West Frisian: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: kaf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: kaf"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Kaff"
},
"expansion": "German: Kaff",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Kaff"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Kuef"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish: Kuef",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Luxembourgish: Kuef"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵep-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵep-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵep-, *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth; to eat, chew, devour”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Neuter a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "kaf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kaf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kafum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "*kaf n",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaf",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "kefu"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
"gmw-pro:Agriculture",
"gmw-pro:Grains"
],
"glosses": [
"chaff"
],
"links": [
[
"chaff",
"chaff"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kaf"
}
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