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"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Wahlubal",
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"gam"
],
"section": "Bandjalang",
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"title": "gam",
"trace": ""
}
{
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gam/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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"gam"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "gam",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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"gam"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
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"title": "gam",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
"gam"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "gam",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/1826",
"msg": "inflection table: empty tags for ngam",
"path": [
"gam"
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"title": "gam",
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}
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