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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"yelow",
"yelow#Middle_English"
],
[
"ġeolu",
"geolu#Old_English"
],
[
"*gelu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gelu"
],
[
"*gelwaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gelwaz"
],
[
"*ǵʰelh₃wós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃wós"
],
[
"*ǵʰelh₃-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃-"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "yelow"
},
"expansion": "Middle English yelow",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġeolu"
},
"expansion": "Old English ġeolu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gelu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gelu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*gelwaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gelwaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵʰelh₃wós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵʰelh₃-",
"4": "",
"5": "green, yellow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yelow, from Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair yella",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist yella",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist yella",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair yella",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "yella (comparative mair yella, superlative maist yella)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yella (comparative mair yella, superlative maist yella)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"yellow"
],
"id": "en-yella-sco-adj-xoWiybqy",
"links": [
[
"yellow",
"yellow"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛ.lə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛ.lɪ/"
}
],
"word": "yella"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"yelow",
"yelow#Middle_English"
],
[
"ġeolu",
"geolu#Old_English"
],
[
"*gelu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gelu"
],
[
"*gelwaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gelwaz"
],
[
"*ǵʰelh₃wós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃wós"
],
[
"*ǵʰelh₃-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃-"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "yelow"
},
"expansion": "Middle English yelow",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġeolu"
},
"expansion": "Old English ġeolu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gelu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gelu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*gelwaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gelwaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵʰelh₃wós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵʰelh₃-",
"4": "",
"5": "green, yellow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yelow, from Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair yella",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist yella",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist yella",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair yella",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "yella (comparative mair yella, superlative maist yella)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yella (comparative mair yella, superlative maist yella)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Scots adjectives",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"yellow"
],
"links": [
[
"yellow",
"yellow"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛ.lə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛ.lɪ/"
}
],
"word": "yella"
}
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