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},
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},
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},
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},
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{
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"4": "to grind"
},
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},
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"1": "sq",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "hu",
"2": "málé"
},
"expansion": "Hungarian málé",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
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},
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{
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"1": "la",
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
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"1": "ro",
"2": "",
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},
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"plural"
]
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]
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"inflection-template"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălai",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "unui mălai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaie",
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"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaielor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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]
}
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"2": "e"
},
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"n": "",
"npd": "mălaiele",
"npi": "mălaie",
"nsd": "mălaiul",
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"vs": "mălaiule"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"word": "făină"
}
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{
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"cornflour"
],
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[
"cornflour",
"cornflour"
]
],
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{
"word": "făină de porumb"
}
],
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"neuter"
]
},
{
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{
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"name": "Regional Romanian",
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"source": "w"
}
],
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"millet flour"
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],
[
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[
"flour",
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"(regional) millet flour"
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{
"word": "făină de mei"
}
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"neuter",
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"any cereal"
],
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"cereal",
"cereal"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
},
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"Romanian cornbread"
],
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[
"Romanian",
"Romanian"
],
[
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"cornbread"
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]
},
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{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "ro",
"name": "Plants",
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"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
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"hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)"
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
]
],
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"(botany) hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)"
],
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"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
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{
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"orig": "ro:Plants",
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"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
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"field woodrush (Luzula campestris)"
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
]
],
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"(botany) field woodrush (Luzula campestris)"
],
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"neuter"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Regional Romanian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "ro",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "ro:Plants",
"parents": [
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"kochia"
],
"id": "en-mălai-ro-noun-75rrijQr",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany, regional) kochia"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mătură"
}
],
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"neuter",
"regional"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Moldavian Romanian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Transylvanian Romanian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(archaic, Moldavia (region), Transylvania) millet, millet grains",
"millet, millet grains"
],
"id": "en-mălai-ro-noun-W4iiXbj9",
"links": [
[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"qualifier": "Moldavia (region)",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, Moldavia (region), Transylvania) millet, millet grains"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mei"
},
{
"word": "boabe de mei"
}
],
"tags": [
"Transylvania",
"archaic",
"neuter"
]
},
{
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{
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"millet, millet grains"
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"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional) millet, millet grains"
],
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{
"word": "porumb"
},
{
"word": "boabe de porumb"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"regional"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"money, dosh, dough"
],
"id": "en-mălai-ro-noun-NszIO-eL",
"links": [
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"dosh",
"dosh"
],
[
"dough",
"dough"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) money, dosh, dough"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "mălai"
}
{
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"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian neuter nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Romanian terms derived from substrate languages",
"Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
],
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "m"
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{
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "to grind"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "miell"
},
"expansion": "Albanian miell",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
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},
"expansion": "Hungarian málé",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "la",
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"name": "m"
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{
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "ro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mămălaie"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "mălaie",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "mălai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "un mălai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "niște mălaie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiele",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălai",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "unui mălai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiului",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaie",
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"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "unor mălaie",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaielor",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaiule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "mălaielor",
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}
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],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "făină"
}
],
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{
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],
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[
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]
],
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{
"word": "făină de porumb"
}
],
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"neuter"
]
},
{
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"Regional Romanian"
],
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"millet flour"
],
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[
"regional",
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],
[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"flour",
"flour"
]
],
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],
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{
"word": "făină de mei"
}
],
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"neuter",
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]
},
{
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"any cereal"
],
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[
"cereal",
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],
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"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Romanian cornbread"
],
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[
"Romanian",
"Romanian"
],
[
"cornbread",
"cornbread"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
},
{
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"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"ro:Plants"
],
"glosses": [
"hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)"
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
]
],
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"(botany) hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"ro:Plants"
],
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"field woodrush (Luzula campestris)"
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
]
],
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"(botany) field woodrush (Luzula campestris)"
],
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"neuter"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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"ro:Plants"
],
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"kochia"
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
]
],
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"(botany, regional) kochia"
],
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{
"word": "mătură"
}
],
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"neuter",
"regional"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Moldavian Romanian",
"Romanian terms with archaic senses",
"Transylvanian Romanian"
],
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"(archaic, Moldavia (region), Transylvania) millet, millet grains",
"millet, millet grains"
],
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[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"qualifier": "Moldavia (region)",
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"(archaic, Moldavia (region), Transylvania) millet, millet grains"
],
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{
"word": "mei"
},
{
"word": "boabe de mei"
}
],
"tags": [
"Transylvania",
"archaic",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Regional Romanian"
],
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"millet, millet grains"
],
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[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional) millet, millet grains"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "porumb"
},
{
"word": "boabe de porumb"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"regional"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian slang"
],
"glosses": [
"money, dosh, dough"
],
"links": [
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"dosh",
"dosh"
],
[
"dough",
"dough"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) money, dosh, dough"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "mălai"
}
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