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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"kasi-",
"kasi-#Paiwan"
],
[
"kay",
"kay#Cebuano"
]
],
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"3": "",
"4": "from"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"3": "",
"4": "because"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano kay (“because”)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Paiwan kasi- (“from”), Cebuano kay (“because”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kasí",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kasî",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜃᜐᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
"form": "kase",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"form": "kc",
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"alternative",
"Internet",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"b": "+"
},
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"name": "tl-head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ka‧si"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ka‧si"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "conj",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"because"
],
"id": "en-kasi-tl-conj-pRGu7rih",
"links": [
[
"because",
"because"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dahil"
},
{
"word": "at"
},
{
"word": "sapagkat"
},
{
"word": "palibhasa"
},
{
"word": "dangkasi"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaˈsi/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[k̠ɐˈsɪ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaˈsiʔ/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[k̠ɐˈsɪʔ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-i"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iʔ"
}
],
"word": "kasi"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kasihan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "magkasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pagkasi"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"kasih",
"kasih#Malay"
],
[
"*ka-qasiq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ka-qasiq"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
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{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "ms",
"3": "kasih"
},
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*ka-qasiq",
"t": "mercy, pity, affection"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜃᜐᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kasi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ka‧si"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ka‧si"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pintakasi"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 46 54",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"beloved; dear"
],
"id": "en-kasi-tl-noun-Vg1R2TGy",
"links": [
[
"beloved",
"beloved"
],
[
"dear",
"dear"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 46 54",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"grace; favor; protection"
],
"id": "en-kasi-tl-noun-8EaaHMg8",
"links": [
[
"grace",
"grace"
],
[
"favor",
"favor"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkasi/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈk̠aː.sɪ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-asi"
}
],
"word": "kasi"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Tagalog/asi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/i",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/i/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔ",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔ/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog conjunctions",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay",
"Tagalog terms derived from Malay",
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"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"kasi-",
"kasi-#Paiwan"
],
[
"kay",
"kay#Cebuano"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pwn",
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"3": "",
"4": "from"
},
"expansion": "Paiwan kasi- (“from”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ceb",
"2": "kay",
"3": "",
"4": "because"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano kay (“because”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Paiwan kasi- (“from”), Cebuano kay (“because”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kasí",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kasî",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜃᜐᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
"form": "kase",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"form": "kc",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Internet",
"slang"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "conjunction",
"2": "kasí,kasî",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kasí or kasî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)",
"name": "tl-head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ka‧si"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ka‧si"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"because"
],
"links": [
[
"because",
"because"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dahil"
},
{
"word": "at"
},
{
"word": "sapagkat"
},
{
"word": "palibhasa"
},
{
"word": "dangkasi"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaˈsi/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[k̠ɐˈsɪ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaˈsiʔ/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[k̠ɐˈsɪʔ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-i"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iʔ"
}
],
"word": "kasi"
}
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"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay",
"Tagalog terms derived from Malay",
"Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "kasihan"
},
{
"word": "magkasi"
},
{
"word": "pagkasi"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"kasih",
"kasih#Malay"
],
[
"*ka-qasiq",
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]
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"3": "kasih"
},
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"name": "bor+"
},
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"1": "tl",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "ᜃᜐᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kasi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ka‧si"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ka‧si"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "pintakasi"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"beloved; dear"
],
"links": [
[
"beloved",
"beloved"
],
[
"dear",
"dear"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"grace; favor; protection"
],
"links": [
[
"grace",
"grace"
],
[
"favor",
"favor"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkasi/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈk̠aː.sɪ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-asi"
}
],
"word": "kasi"
}
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