See -ii on Wiktionary
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Cioc-Maidan, Avdarma, Vulcănești, Etulia, Cișmichioi",
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"-ii"
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{
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"msg": "unrecognized head form: non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix",
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