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"word": "anǰa-sun"
},
{
"english": "skin",
"translation": "skin",
"word": "ara-sun"
},
{
"english": "elm",
"translation": "elm",
"word": "burga-sun"
},
{
"english": "snow",
"translation": "snow",
"word": "ča-sun"
},
{
"english": "blood",
"translation": "blood",
"word": "čï-sun"
},
{
"english": "salt",
"translation": "salt",
"word": "dabu-sun"
},
{
"topics": [
"wine",
"oenology",
"beverages",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "dara-sun"
},
{
"english": "grass",
"translation": "grass",
"word": "ebe-sün"
},
{
"english": "stake",
"translation": "stake",
"word": "gada-sun"
},
{
"english": "string",
"translation": "string",
"word": "huta-sun"
},
{
"english": "hair",
"translation": "hair",
"word": "hü-sün"
},
{
"english": "ash",
"translation": "ash",
"word": "hüne-sün"
},
{
"english": "nail",
"translation": "nail",
"word": "kadaa-sun"
},
{
"english": "ice",
"translation": "ice",
"word": "möl-sün"
},
{
"english": "coal",
"translation": "coal",
"word": "neüre-sün"
},
{
"english": "snot",
"translation": "snot",
"word": "nï-sun"
},
{
"english": "wool",
"translation": "wool",
"word": "noxa-sun"
},
{
"english": "duck",
"translation": "duck",
"word": "nuga-sun"
},
{
"english": "oil",
"translation": "oil",
"word": "to-sun"
},
{
"english": "water",
"translation": "water",
"word": "u-sun"
},
{
"english": "milk",
"translation": "milk",
"word": "ü-sün"
},
{
"english": "blood",
"translation": "blood",
"word": "ya-sun"
},
{
"english": "nine",
"translation": "nine",
"word": "ye-sün"
},
{
"english": "custom, habit",
"translation": "custom, habit",
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}
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"translation": "plough",
"word": "anǰa-sun"
},
{
"english": "skin",
"translation": "skin",
"word": "ara-sun"
},
{
"english": "elm",
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"word": "burga-sun"
},
{
"english": "snow",
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"word": "ča-sun"
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{
"english": "blood",
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"word": "čï-sun"
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"english": "salt",
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{
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},
{
"english": "stake",
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"word": "gada-sun"
},
{
"english": "string",
"translation": "string",
"word": "huta-sun"
},
{
"english": "hair",
"translation": "hair",
"word": "hü-sün"
},
{
"english": "ash",
"translation": "ash",
"word": "hüne-sün"
},
{
"english": "nail",
"translation": "nail",
"word": "kadaa-sun"
},
{
"english": "ice",
"translation": "ice",
"word": "möl-sün"
},
{
"english": "coal",
"translation": "coal",
"word": "neüre-sün"
},
{
"english": "snot",
"translation": "snot",
"word": "nï-sun"
},
{
"english": "wool",
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"word": "noxa-sun"
},
{
"english": "duck",
"translation": "duck",
"word": "nuga-sun"
},
{
"english": "oil",
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"word": "to-sun"
},
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"english": "water",
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"word": "u-sun"
},
{
"english": "milk",
"translation": "milk",
"word": "ü-sün"
},
{
"english": "blood",
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"word": "ya-sun"
},
{
"english": "nine",
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"word": "ye-sün"
},
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"english": "custom, habit",
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"word": "yo-sun"
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