"cremation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cremation.wav Forms: cremations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cremātiō|cremātiō, cremātiōnis}} Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis, {{suffix|en|cremate|ion}} cremate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cremation (countable and uncountable, plural cremations)
  1. A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse. Wikipedia link: cremation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Burial Synonyms: incineration Derived forms: aquamation, autocremation, biocremation, cremationism, cremationist, precremation, water cremation Related terms: cremate, cremating, crematorium, crematory Translations (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse): verassing (Afrikaans), lykverbranding (Afrikaans), kremasie (Afrikaans), изгаряне (izgarjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), кремация (kremacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဈာပန (jhapa.na.) (Burmese), 火葬 (huǒzàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kremace [feminine] (Czech), kremering [common-gender] (Danish), ligbrænding [common-gender] (Danish), crematie [feminine] (Dutch), lijkverbranding [feminine] (Dutch), verassing [feminine] (Dutch), kremacio (Esperanto), polttohautaus (english: cremating the dead) (Finnish), polttaminen (english: any burning) (Finnish), crémation [feminine] (French), Einäscherung [feminine] (German), Feuerbestattung [feminine] (German), Kremation [feminine] (German), Kremierung [feminine] (German), Leichenverbrennung (english: corpse) [feminine] (German), αποτέφρωση (apotéfrosi) [feminine] (Greek), משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה (misrafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), hamvasztás (Hungarian), bálför [feminine] (Icelandic), créamadh [masculine] (Irish), cremazione [feminine] (Italian), 火葬 (kasō) (alt: かそう) (Japanese), 화장 (hwajang) (alt: 火葬) (Korean), 소각 (sogak) (Korean), cremātiō [feminine] (Latin), kremasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kremering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), likbrenning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kremasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kremering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), likbrenning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kremacja [feminine] (Polish), ciałopalenie [neuter] (Polish), cremação [feminine] (Portuguese), incinerare [feminine] (Romanian), cremațiune [feminine] (Romanian), крема́ция (kremácija) [feminine] (Russian), kremácia [feminine] (Slovak), cremación [feminine] (Spanish), likbränning [common-gender] (Swedish), kremering [common-gender] (Swedish), kremation [common-gender] (Swedish), eldbegängelse [common-gender] (Swedish), ฌาปนกิจ (chaa-bpà-ná-gìt) (Thai), kremasyon (Turkish), крема́ція (kremácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), fefilükam (Volapük), funifefilükam (english: corpse) (Volapük), amlosgiad [masculine] (Welsh), darlosgiad [masculine] (Welsh), corfflosgiad [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "likbränning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kremering"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kremation"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "eldbegängelse"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chaa-bpà-ná-gìt",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "word": "ฌาปนกิจ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "word": "kremasyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kremácija",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крема́ція"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "note": "sự hoả táng (sự + 火葬)",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "word": "fefilükam"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "english": "corpse",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "word": "funifefilükam"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "amlosgiad"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "darlosgiad"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corfflosgiad"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "cremation"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aquamation"
    },
    {
      "word": "autocremation"
    },
    {
      "word": "biocremation"
    },
    {
      "word": "cremationism"
    },
    {
      "word": "cremationist"
    },
    {
      "word": "precremation"
    },
    {
      "word": "water cremation"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
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        "3": "ion"
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      "name": "suffix"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cremations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "cremate"
    },
    {
      "word": "cremating"
    },
    {
      "word": "crematorium"
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      "word": "crematory"
    }
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
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        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Burial"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cremation removes a significant amount of \"closure\" from the process of death.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse."
      ],
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        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "cremating",
          "cremating"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "cremation"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
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    {
      "word": "incineration"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "verassing"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "lykverbranding"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "kremasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izgarjane",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изгаряне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kremacija",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кремация"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "jhapa.na.",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "ဈာပန"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǒzàng",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "火葬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kremace"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kremering"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ligbrænding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crematie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lijkverbranding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verassing"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "kremacio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "cremating the dead",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "polttohautaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "any burning",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "polttaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crémation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einäscherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Feuerbestattung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kremation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kremierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "corpse",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leichenverbrennung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotéfrosi",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποτέφρωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "misrafá",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "משרפה \\ מִשׂרָפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "hamvasztás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bálför"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "créamadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cremazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasō",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "火葬"
    },
    {
      "alt": "火葬",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwajang",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "화장"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sogak",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "소각"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cremātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kremasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kremering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "likbrenning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kremasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kremering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "likbrenning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kremacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ciałopalenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cremação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incinerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cremațiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kremácija",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крема́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kremácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cremación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "likbränning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kremering"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kremation"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eldbegängelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chaa-bpà-ná-gìt",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "ฌาปนกิจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "kremasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kremácija",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крема́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "sự hoả táng (sự + 火葬)",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "fefilükam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "corpse",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "word": "funifefilükam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amlosgiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "darlosgiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corfflosgiad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cremation"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.