"ብርኪ" meaning in Tigrinya

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Noun

Forms: bərki [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (“knee”). from same root as ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”). Compare Ge'ez ብርክ (bərk), Amharic ብርክ (bərk). Etymology templates: {{inh|ti|sem-pro|*birk-}} Proto-Semitic *birk-, {{cog|gez|ብርክ}} Ge'ez ብርክ (bərk), {{cog|am|ብርክ}} Amharic ብርክ (bərk) Head templates: {{ti-noun|tr=bərki}} ብርኪ • (bərki)
  1. (anatomy) knee
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ብርክ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ብርክ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ብርክ (bərk)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (“knee”). from same root as ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”). Compare Ge'ez ብርክ (bərk), Amharic ብርክ (bərk).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bərki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bərki"
      },
      "expansion": "ብርኪ • (bərki)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ti",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Tigrinya terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ti",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ti:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
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      ],
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        "anatomy",
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        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ብርኪ"
}
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    {
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        "1": "ti",
        "2": "sem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *birk-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ብርክ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ብርክ (bərk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ብርክ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ብርክ (bərk)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (“knee”). from same root as ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”). Compare Ge'ez ብርክ (bərk), Amharic ብርክ (bərk).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bərki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "tr": "bərki"
      },
      "expansion": "ብርኪ • (bərki)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigrinya",
  "lang_code": "ti",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tigrinya lemmas",
        "Tigrinya nouns",
        "Tigrinya terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
        "Tigrinya terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
        "Tigrinya terms with redundant transliterations",
        "ti:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) knee"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ብርኪ"
}

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