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"2": "enm",
"3": "folk"
},
"expansion": "Middle English folk",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "folc"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*folk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *folk",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fulką",
"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"form": "fowk",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural"
]
},
{
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}
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"10": "",
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"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
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},
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},
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}
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{
"english": "(collectively) selkie; seal folk",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
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}
],
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"folk, people"
],
"id": "en-fowk-sco-noun-m-EeiE5u",
"links": [
[
"folk",
"folk"
],
[
"people",
"people"
]
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{
"word": "lede"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fʌuk/"
}
],
"word": "fowk"
}
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{
"english": "(collectively) selkie; seal folk",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
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}
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"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "folk"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*folk"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fowk",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fowks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folk",
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"alternative"
]
}
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"Scots lemmas",
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"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"sco:Collectives",
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],
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[
"folk",
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[
"people",
"people"
]
],
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{
"word": "lede"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fʌuk/"
}
],
"word": "fowk"
}
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