"unan a zaou" meaning in Breton

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Adverb

IPA: \ˈyː.nãn‿a ˈzɔw\
  1. De deux choses l’une.
    Sense id: fr-unan_a_zaou-br-adv-s~HJJQBW Categories (other): Exemples en breton
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "name": "Locutions adverbiales en breton",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de unan (« un(e) »), a (« de ») et daou (« deux »), littéralement « un(e) de deux »."
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Marsel Klerg, Lazhañ buhez in Barr-Heol,nᵒ 78, septembre 1973, page 3",
          "text": "Ya, met unan a zaou, pe ez eo ar groueell un den gwirion pe ne deo ket.",
          "translation": "Oui, mais de deux choses l’une : ou le fœtus est un être humain véritable, ou il ne l’est pas."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Ar Mabinogion, traduit par Abeozen, Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1991, page 241",
          "text": "Unan a zaou, pe un den a-bell ez out-te, pe n’emaout ket ez skiant.",
          "translation": "De deux choses l’une, soit tu es un homme qui vient de loin, soit tu n’as pas ta raison."
        }
      ],
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        "De deux choses l’une."
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "\\ˈyː.nãn‿a ˈzɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unan a zaou"
}
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    "Composé de unan (« un(e) »), a (« de ») et daou (« deux »), littéralement « un(e) de deux »."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
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          "text": "Ya, met unan a zaou, pe ez eo ar groueell un den gwirion pe ne deo ket.",
          "translation": "Oui, mais de deux choses l’une : ou le fœtus est un être humain véritable, ou il ne l’est pas."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Ar Mabinogion, traduit par Abeozen, Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1991, page 241",
          "text": "Unan a zaou, pe un den a-bell ez out-te, pe n’emaout ket ez skiant.",
          "translation": "De deux choses l’une, soit tu es un homme qui vient de loin, soit tu n’as pas ta raison."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "De deux choses l’une."
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "\\ˈyː.nãn‿a ˈzɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unan a zaou"
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