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"text": "Can you \"quad\" the cable?",
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"ref": "1965, Telephone Cable Splicing: Cable Terminations and Cable Repairs, United States. Department of the Army, page 906",
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"Fundamental"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"singular"
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},
{
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"comitative",
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{
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{
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"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
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"causative",
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{
"form": "quadentzat",
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"indefinite"
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},
{
"form": "quadarentzat",
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"benefactive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
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"plural"
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{
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"indefinite",
"instrumental"
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "quadez",
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"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "quadetan",
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"indefinite",
"inessive"
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"inessive",
"singular"
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"inessive",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "quadetako",
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"indefinite",
"locative"
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},
{
"form": "quadeko",
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"indefinite",
"locative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "quadetako",
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"indefinite",
"locative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "quadetara",
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"allative",
"indefinite"
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},
{
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"allative",
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"singular"
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},
{
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"allative",
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"terminative"
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},
{
"form": "quaderaino",
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"singular",
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},
{
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"plural",
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},
{
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"directive",
"indefinite"
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{
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"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
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"directive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "quadetarako",
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"destinative",
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},
{
"form": "quaderako",
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"destinative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "quadetarako",
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"destinative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "quadetatik",
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"ablative",
"indefinite"
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},
{
"form": "quadetik",
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"ablative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
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"plural"
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{
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"indefinite",
"partitive"
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"indefinite",
"partitive",
"singular"
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{
"form": "-",
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"indefinite",
"partitive",
"plural"
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{
"form": "quadtzat",
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"indefinite",
"prolative"
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{
"form": "-",
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"indefinite",
"prolative",
"singular"
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{
"form": "-",
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"plural",
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],
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{
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[
"quadricicle",
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"clipping",
"masculine"
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}
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"Central",
"Valencian"
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}
],
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"plural"
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{
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