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"2": "non",
"3": "-ka"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -ka",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*-ukōną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ukōną",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse -ka, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną.",
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{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "suffix"
},
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],
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "hal (“slippery”) + -ka → halka (“slipperiness”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to form nouns from adjectives"
],
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],
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]
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"(no longer productive) Used to form nouns from adjectives"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"morpheme"
]
},
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}
],
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{
"text": "blid (“mild”) + -ka → blidka (“to placate”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "ja (“a yes”) + -ka → jaka (“to say yes”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "stöna (“to moan”) + -ka → stånka (“to huff and puff”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to form verbs from adjectives, nouns or other verbs"
],
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"(no longer productive) Used to form verbs from adjectives, nouns or other verbs"
],
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"idiomatic",
"morpheme"
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}
],
"word": "-ka"
}
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"categories": [
"Pages with 30 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish suffixes",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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},
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "hal (“slippery”) + -ka → halka (“slipperiness”)",
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}
],
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"Used to form nouns from adjectives"
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"(no longer productive) Used to form nouns from adjectives"
],
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},
{
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{
"text": "blid (“mild”) + -ka → blidka (“to placate”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "ja (“a yes”) + -ka → jaka (“to say yes”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "stöna (“to moan”) + -ka → stånka (“to huff and puff”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to form verbs from adjectives, nouns or other verbs"
],
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],
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]
}
],
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}
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