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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cranberry morpheme en · NOUN

Etymology

From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.

Meanings

  1. A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

Forms

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cranberry morphemes Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

cranberry word

Translations (5)

de unikales Morphem (bound morpheme with opaque meaning) · de Himbeermorphem (bound morpheme with opaque meaning) · sv restmorfem (bound morpheme with opaque meaning) · pl morfem skamieniały (bound morpheme with opaque meaning) · fi karpalomorfeemi (bound morpheme with opaque meaning)