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"(linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons."
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"sense": "borrowing",
"translation": "no exact equivalent",
"word": "vierassanaa äänteellisesti ja merkityksellisesti jäljittelevä uudismuodoste"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "borrowing",
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"feminine"
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"word": "phono-semantische Angleichung"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "borrowing",
"word": "תשמו״ץ"
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"word": "kalka fonosemantyczna"
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"word": "phono-semantic matching"
}
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