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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "chwilod",
"t": "beetles"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”)",
"name": "backformation"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "c'hwil"
},
"expansion": "Breton c'hwil",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "hwil"
},
"expansion": "Cornish hwil",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc. Compare Breton c'hwil, Cornish hwil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chwilod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chwilennod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chwil",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "chwilod",
"pl2": "chwilennod"
},
"expansion": "chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh back-formations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Beetles",
"orig": "cy:Beetles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "cockroach",
"translation": "cockroach",
"word": "chwilen ddu"
},
{
"english": "to rummage",
"sense": "from the plural",
"translation": "to rummage",
"word": "chwilota"
}
],
"glosses": [
"beetle (Coleoptera)"
],
"id": "en-chwilen-cy-noun-8nWISc2o",
"links": [
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
],
[
"Coleoptera",
"Coleoptera#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"not-mutable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlan/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwiːlɛn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "chwilen"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "cockroach",
"translation": "cockroach",
"word": "chwilen ddu"
},
{
"english": "to rummage",
"sense": "from the plural",
"translation": "to rummage",
"word": "chwilota"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "chwilod",
"t": "beetles"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”)",
"name": "backformation"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "c'hwil"
},
"expansion": "Breton c'hwil",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "hwil"
},
"expansion": "Cornish hwil",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc. Compare Breton c'hwil, Cornish hwil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chwilod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chwilennod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chwil",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "chwilod",
"pl2": "chwilennod"
},
"expansion": "chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh back-formations",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh feminine nouns",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh non-mutable terms",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
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],
"glosses": [
"beetle (Coleoptera)"
],
"links": [
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
],
[
"Coleoptera",
"Coleoptera#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"not-mutable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlan/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwiːlɛn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "chwilen"
}
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