"ples" meaning in Tok Pisin

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Noun

Etymology: From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa). Etymology templates: {{inh|tpi|en|place}} English place, {{inh|tpi|enm|place}} Middle English place, {{inh|tpi|ang|plæse}} Old English plæse, {{m|ang|plætse}} plætse, {{m|ang|plæċe||place, an open space, street}} plæċe (“place, an open space, street”), {{der|tpi|fro|place||place, an open space}} Old French place (“place, an open space”), {{der|tpi|la|platea||plaza, wide street}} Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), {{der|tpi|grc|πλατεῖα}} Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa) Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} ples
  1. place
    Sense id: en-ples-tpi-noun-gd9jWAzJ
  2. village; town
    Sense id: en-ples-tpi-noun-Y8Fk2U-X
  3. region
    Sense id: en-ples-tpi-noun-xpfSmBv0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tokples

Download JSON data for ples meaning in Tok Pisin (1.8kB)

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        "3": "plæse"
      },
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        "2": "plætse"
      },
      "expansion": "plætse",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
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        "3": "place",
        "4": "",
        "5": "place, an open space"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French place (“place, an open space”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "platea",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plaza, wide street"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "πλατεῖα"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).",
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        "village; town"
      ],
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        ],
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          "town",
          "town"
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    },
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        "region"
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    "Tok Pisin terms derived from English",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Latin",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Middle English",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Old English",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Old French",
    "Tok Pisin terms inherited from English",
    "Tok Pisin terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Tok Pisin terms inherited from Old English"
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English place",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English plæse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "plætse"
      },
      "expansion": "plætse",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "tpi",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "plaza, wide street"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "tpi",
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      },
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    }
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