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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wā"
},
"expansion": "Old English: wā, wei, wǣ\nMiddle English: wa, wo, woo\nEnglish: woe\nScots: wa, wae",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: wā, wei, wǣ\nMiddle English: wa, wo, woo\nEnglish: woe\nScots: wa, wae"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wach",
"3": "*wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: wach, *wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: wach, *wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wee",
"3": "wea"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wee, wea",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wee, wea"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wah",
"3": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: wah, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: wah, wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wach",
"3": "wê"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: wach, wê",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: wach, wê"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wee"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wee"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wee"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: wee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: wee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wah",
"3": "wa",
"4": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: wah, wa, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: wah, wa, wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wāch",
"3": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: wāch, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: wāch, wē"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cim",
"2": "bèa baart",
"alt": "bèa"
},
"expansion": "Cimbrian: bèa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cimbrian: bèa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "weh",
"3": "Weh",
"4": "wehe",
"5": "Wehe"
},
"expansion": "German: weh, Weh, wehe, Wehe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: weh, Weh, wehe, Wehe"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "וויי"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish: וויי (vey)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yiddish: וויי (vey)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "oy vey",
"alt": "vey",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: vey",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: vey"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*wai",
"3": "*guai",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vulgar Latin: *wai, *guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vulgar Latin: *wai, *guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egl",
"2": "ouais"
},
"expansion": "Emilian: ouais",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Modenese"
},
"expansion": "(Modenese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Emilian: ouais (Modenese)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "gway",
"3": "gwai",
"4": "guai",
"5": "way",
"6": "wai"
},
"expansion": "Old French: gway, gwai, guai, way, wai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: gway, gwai, guai, way, wai"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "vé",
"3": "vee"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: vé, vee",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vae"
},
"expansion": "vae",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "merger with or from Latin vae"
},
"expansion": "(merger with or from Latin vae)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: vé, vee (merger with or from Latin vae)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "vé"
},
"expansion": "French: vé",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectical",
"2": "Montbéliard"
},
"expansion": "(dialectical, Montbéliard)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "French: vé (dialectical, Montbéliard)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Italian: guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "guaj"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: guaj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: guaj"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: guai",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: guai (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "guay"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: guay",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: guay"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "guay",
"3": "guais",
"pos2": "plural"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: guay, guais (plural)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: guay, guais (plural)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lad",
"2": "guay",
"3": "uay"
},
"expansion": "Ladino: guay, uay",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladino: guay, uay"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "vai"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: vai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: vai"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wai"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wai",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wai.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "*wai",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wai",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woe!, alas!"
],
"id": "en-wai-gmw-pro-intj-NdBdpa4q",
"links": [
[
"woe",
"woe"
],
[
"alas",
"alas"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "wai"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wā"
},
"expansion": "Old English: wā, wei, wǣ\nMiddle English: wa, wo, woo\nEnglish: woe\nScots: wa, wae",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: wā, wei, wǣ\nMiddle English: wa, wo, woo\nEnglish: woe\nScots: wa, wae"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wach",
"3": "*wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: wach, *wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: wach, *wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wee",
"3": "wea"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wee, wea",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wee, wea"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wah",
"3": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: wah, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: wah, wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wach",
"3": "wê"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: wach, wê",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: wach, wê"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wē"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wee"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wee"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wee"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: wee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: wee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wah",
"3": "wa",
"4": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: wah, wa, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: wah, wa, wē"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wāch",
"3": "wē"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: wāch, wē",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: wāch, wē"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cim",
"2": "bèa baart",
"alt": "bèa"
},
"expansion": "Cimbrian: bèa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cimbrian: bèa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "weh",
"3": "Weh",
"4": "wehe",
"5": "Wehe"
},
"expansion": "German: weh, Weh, wehe, Wehe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: weh, Weh, wehe, Wehe"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "וויי"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish: וויי (vey)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yiddish: וויי (vey)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "oy vey",
"alt": "vey",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: vey",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: vey"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*wai",
"3": "*guai",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vulgar Latin: *wai, *guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vulgar Latin: *wai, *guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egl",
"2": "ouais"
},
"expansion": "Emilian: ouais",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Modenese"
},
"expansion": "(Modenese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Emilian: ouais (Modenese)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "gway",
"3": "gwai",
"4": "guai",
"5": "way",
"6": "wai"
},
"expansion": "Old French: gway, gwai, guai, way, wai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: gway, gwai, guai, way, wai"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "vé",
"3": "vee"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: vé, vee",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vae"
},
"expansion": "vae",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "merger with or from Latin vae"
},
"expansion": "(merger with or from Latin vae)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: vé, vee (merger with or from Latin vae)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "vé"
},
"expansion": "French: vé",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectical",
"2": "Montbéliard"
},
"expansion": "(dialectical, Montbéliard)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "French: vé (dialectical, Montbéliard)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Italian: guai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: guai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "guaj"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: guaj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: guaj"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "guai"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: guai",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: guai (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "guay"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: guay",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: guay"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "guay",
"3": "guais",
"pos2": "plural"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: guay, guais (plural)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: guay, guais (plural)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lad",
"2": "guay",
"3": "uay"
},
"expansion": "Ladino: guay, uay",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladino: guay, uay"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "vai"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: vai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: vai"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wai"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wai",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wai.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "*wai",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wai",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic interjections",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"woe!, alas!"
],
"links": [
[
"woe",
"woe"
],
[
"alas",
"alas"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "wai"
}
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