See kev in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmx-pro",
"3": "*kləuX",
"t": "road, way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mmr",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Western Xiangxi Miao",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ium",
"2": "jauv"
},
"expansion": "Iu Mien jauv",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "och",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Chinese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "街",
"2": "street, way"
},
"expansion": "街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "*[kə.l]ˤuʔ",
"name": "IPAfont"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "道",
"t": "road",
"tr": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] geud, Iu Mien jauv.\nPossibly related to either Old Chinese 街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”) or 道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ) (B-S), though whether via borrowing or via inheritance from a common source is unclear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "txoj",
"tags": [
"classifier",
"error-unknown-tag"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kev",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"road, street"
],
"id": "en-kev-mww-noun-7bq0wvR5",
"links": [
[
"road",
"road"
],
[
"street",
"street"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "34 38 2 26",
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"name": "Western Xiangxi Miao terms in nonstandard scripts",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "31 38 1 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What is your business? What do you want?",
"text": "Koj muaj kev dab tsi?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"matters, business, affairs"
],
"id": "en-kev-mww-noun-hgeKiyAS",
"links": [
[
"matters",
"matters"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"affairs",
"affairs"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ke˧˦/"
}
],
"word": "kev"
}
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"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmx-pro",
"3": "*kləuX",
"t": "road, way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mmr",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Western Xiangxi Miao",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ium",
"2": "jauv"
},
"expansion": "Iu Mien jauv",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "och",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Chinese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "街",
"2": "street, way"
},
"expansion": "街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "*[kə.l]ˤuʔ",
"name": "IPAfont"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "道",
"t": "road",
"tr": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] geud, Iu Mien jauv.\nPossibly related to either Old Chinese 街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”) or 道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ) (B-S), though whether via borrowing or via inheritance from a common source is unclear.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "classifier"
},
"expansion": "kev",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "classifier",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 38 2 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Western Xiangxi Miao terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 42 1 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "White Hmong classifiers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 38 1 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "sickness and death",
"text": "kev mob kev tuag",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used to nominalize the word it modifies, used to indicate \"the way of ...\": -ness"
],
"id": "en-kev-mww-classifier-1Yi61Lhv"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ke˧˦/"
}
],
"word": "kev"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Western Xiangxi Miao terms in nonstandard scripts",
"White Hmong classifiers",
"White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"White Hmong lemmas",
"White Hmong nouns",
"White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmx-pro",
"3": "*kləuX",
"t": "road, way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mmr",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Western Xiangxi Miao",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ium",
"2": "jauv"
},
"expansion": "Iu Mien jauv",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "och",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Chinese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "街",
"2": "street, way"
},
"expansion": "街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "*[kə.l]ˤuʔ",
"name": "IPAfont"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "道",
"t": "road",
"tr": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] geud, Iu Mien jauv.\nPossibly related to either Old Chinese 街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”) or 道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ) (B-S), though whether via borrowing or via inheritance from a common source is unclear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "txoj",
"tags": [
"classifier",
"error-unknown-tag"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kev",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"road, street"
],
"links": [
[
"road",
"road"
],
[
"street",
"street"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"White Hmong terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What is your business? What do you want?",
"text": "Koj muaj kev dab tsi?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"matters, business, affairs"
],
"links": [
[
"matters",
"matters"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"affairs",
"affairs"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ke˧˦/"
}
],
"word": "kev"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Western Xiangxi Miao terms in nonstandard scripts",
"White Hmong classifiers",
"White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"White Hmong lemmas",
"White Hmong nouns",
"White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmx-pro",
"3": "*kləuX",
"t": "road, way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mmr",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Western Xiangxi Miao",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ium",
"2": "jauv"
},
"expansion": "Iu Mien jauv",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "och",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Chinese",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "街",
"2": "street, way"
},
"expansion": "街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "*[kə.l]ˤuʔ",
"name": "IPAfont"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "道",
"t": "road",
"tr": "*kə.lˤuʔ"
},
"expansion": "道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] geud, Iu Mien jauv.\nPossibly related to either Old Chinese 街 (OC *kreː, *kreː, “street, way”) or 道 (OC *[kə.l]ˤuʔ) (B-S), though whether via borrowing or via inheritance from a common source is unclear.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "classifier"
},
"expansion": "kev",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "classifier",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"White Hmong terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "sickness and death",
"text": "kev mob kev tuag",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used to nominalize the word it modifies, used to indicate \"the way of ...\": -ness"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ke˧˦/"
}
],
"word": "kev"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: tsem (sections of road)",
"path": [
"kev"
],
"section": "White Hmong",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "kev",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: ceg (sections or directions of a journey)",
"path": [
"kev"
],
"section": "White Hmong",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "kev",
"trace": ""
}
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