"finnball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /finːbalː/, /fiɲːbaʎː/ [dialectal] (note: with palatalization) Forms: finnballen [definite, singular], finnballar [indefinite, plural], finnballane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From finn + ball, referring to Sami shamans. (hairball): Attested as finbal by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect. Etymology templates: {{compound|nn|finn|ball}} finn + ball, {{s|hairball}} (hairball):
  1. (folklore) a magic hairball, which can be found in cow stomach Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Folklore Synonyms (magic hairball): bustein
    Sense id: en-finnball-nn-noun-boBESrFZ Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences Disambiguation of 'magic hairball': 90 10
  2. (folklore) magic force in form of a ball, e.g. a disease sent through air by a wizard, similar to gandfluge, Swedish villappaskott and Komi-Zyrian шева (ševa). Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Folklore
    Sense id: en-finnball-nn-noun-D~26Q8SN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (both senses): finnskot
Disambiguation of 'both senses': 46 54
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      "form": "finnballane",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "ipa": "/finːbalː/"
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      "ipa": "/fiɲːbaʎː/",
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    },
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      "form": "finnballane",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "gandfluge#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
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      "ipa": "/fiɲːbaʎː/",
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      "sense": "magic hairball",
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      "word": "finnskot"
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  "wikipedia": [
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}

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