"kvaka" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

IPA: /kʋâka/
Etymology: First attested in the 18th century. Etymology templates: {{etydate|18th century}} First attested in the 18th century Head templates: {{sh-noun|kvȁka|f}} kvȁka f (Cyrillic spelling ква̏ка) Forms: kvȁka [canonical, feminine], ква̏ка [Cyrillic], no-table-tags [table-tags], kvȁka [nominative, singular], kvake [nominative, plural], kvake [genitive, singular], kvȃkā [genitive, plural], kvaki [dative, singular], kvakama [dative, plural], kvaku [accusative, singular], kvake [accusative, plural], kvako [singular, vocative], kvake [plural, vocative], kvaki [locative, singular], kvakama [locative, plural], kvakom [instrumental, singular], kvakama [instrumental, plural]
  1. handle (especially of a door)
    Sense id: en-kvaka-sh-noun-aHEPLDo9
  2. A decisive detail in a legal document, computer program, algorithm etc. that enables or disables something; a catch.
    Sense id: en-kvaka-sh-noun-AJkgO6xB Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header, Diacritical marks Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 22 7 43 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 5 56 5 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 5 91 5 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 8 84 8
  3. háček
    Sense id: en-kvaka-sh-noun-X2bsSeKD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kvačica
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      "form": "kvaki",
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        "handle (especially of a door)"
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    {
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        "handle (especially of a door)"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʋâka/"
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  "word": "kvaka"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kvaka meaning in Serbo-Croatian (2.3kB)

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  "path": [
    "kvaka"
  ],
  "section": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kvaka",
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