See cas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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[
"qasa",
"qasa#Afar"
],
[
"*ʕac-/*ʕic-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʕac-/*ʕic-"
],
[
"casho",
"casho#Somali"
],
[
"ichimuu",
"ichimuu#Oromo"
],
[
"ise",
"ise#Yaaku"
],
[
"guduud",
"guduud#Somali"
]
],
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{
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"2": "aa",
"3": "qasa"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Afar qasa",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "casho",
"t": "day"
},
"expansion": "Somali casho (“day”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "om",
"2": "ichimuu",
"t": "rubbing sticks to produce fire"
},
"expansion": "Oromo ichimuu (“rubbing sticks to produce fire”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "muu",
"2": "ise",
"t": "smoke"
},
"expansion": "Yaaku ise (“smoke”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "guduud",
"t": "red, brown"
},
"expansion": "Somali guduud (“red, brown”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afar qasa, from Proto-East Cushitic *ʕac-/*ʕic- (“to shine, glow”), whence Somali casho (“day”), Oromo ichimuu (“rubbing sticks to produce fire”), Yaaku ise (“smoke”). Displaced native Somali guduud (“red, brown”) in the Northern dialects.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cás",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "cascas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "plural",
"4": "cascas",
"head": "cás"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"parts": [
"cas"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "so",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 18 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yaaku terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"english": "redness",
"translation": "redness",
"word": "casaan"
}
],
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"red"
],
"id": "en-cas-so-adj-sfUaUR8d",
"links": [
[
"red",
"red"
]
],
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"Proto-East-Cushitic language"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈʕɑ́s/"
}
],
"word": "cas"
}
{
"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
"cy:Hatred"
],
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{
"english": "redness",
"translation": "redness",
"word": "casaan"
}
],
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[
"qasa",
"qasa#Afar"
],
[
"*ʕac-/*ʕic-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʕac-/*ʕic-"
],
[
"casho",
"casho#Somali"
],
[
"ichimuu",
"ichimuu#Oromo"
],
[
"ise",
"ise#Yaaku"
],
[
"guduud",
"guduud#Somali"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "aa",
"3": "qasa"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Afar qasa",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "casho",
"t": "day"
},
"expansion": "Somali casho (“day”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "om",
"2": "ichimuu",
"t": "rubbing sticks to produce fire"
},
"expansion": "Oromo ichimuu (“rubbing sticks to produce fire”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "muu",
"2": "ise",
"t": "smoke"
},
"expansion": "Yaaku ise (“smoke”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "guduud",
"t": "red, brown"
},
"expansion": "Somali guduud (“red, brown”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afar qasa, from Proto-East Cushitic *ʕac-/*ʕic- (“to shine, glow”), whence Somali casho (“day”), Oromo ichimuu (“rubbing sticks to produce fire”), Yaaku ise (“smoke”). Displaced native Somali guduud (“red, brown”) in the Northern dialects.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cás",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "cascas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "plural",
"4": "cascas",
"head": "cás"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"parts": [
"cas"
]
}
],
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"pos": "adj",
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{
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"Pages with entries",
"Somali adjectives",
"Somali entries with incorrect language header",
"Somali lemmas",
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"Somali terms derived from Afar",
"Yaaku terms in nonstandard scripts"
],
"glosses": [
"red"
],
"links": [
[
"red",
"red"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Proto-East-Cushitic language"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʕɑ́s/"
}
],
"word": "cas"
}
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