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"source": "Thesaurus:taut",
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"source": "Thesaurus:taut",
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"source": "Thesaurus:taut",
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"source": "Thesaurus:taut",
"word": "sagging"
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"source": "Thesaurus:taut",
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"word": "taut hand"
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"expansion": "toʒt (“powerful, strong; fierce, violent; not tender, tough; hardy, resilient; steadfast, stout; difficult to do or endure”)",
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"etymology_text": "The adjective is derived from Middle English taught [and other forms], Early Middle English tohte, towehte (“strained, stretched; distended; tight; firm”), probably from tough, touth, touʒth, toʒt (“powerful, strong; fierce, violent; not tender, tough; hardy, resilient; steadfast, stout; difficult to do or endure”) and possibly influenced by togen, towen, past participle of ten (“to extend, stretch out; to drag, haul, pull, tow, tug”) (modern English tee (“(obsolete) to draw, lead; to draw away; to go, proceed”)), or directly from its etymon Old English tēon (“to drag, draw, pull”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”)) The word may be related to thight (“(dialectal) compact, dense; close-fitting, tight”) and tight; and is cognate with Scots tacht, taght (“taut”).\nThe verb is probably derived from the adjective.",
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"word": "rigid"
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{
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"ref": "1912, Roald Amundsen, “The End of the Winter”, in A. G. Chater, transl., The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram,” 1910–1912 … Translated from the Norwegian … In Two Volumes, volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 350",
"text": "Every piece of binding is first carefully examined and tested; then it is put on, cautiously and accurately. Every turn is hauled taut, taking care that it is in its right place. [...] A sledge journey of the kind we had before us is a serious undertaking, and the work has to be done seriously.",
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{
"ref": "1914, Constance Lytton, Jane Warton [pseudonym; Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton], “My Conversion”, in Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19",
"text": "After some moments of interchanging messages with the leaders on the platform, during which the suspense in the hall was tremendously taut, the police left saying that the women arrested would have to report themselves at Bow Street the following morning.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1959 March, “Talking of Trains: The L.M.S. Beyer-Garratts”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122",
"text": "With an engine of the weight of a Garratt heading a long heavy coal train over such a road great skill in handling was necessary; not only by the enginemen but by the guard; the secret, of course, was to keep the couplings as taut as possible throughout the train to avoid severe \"snatches\".",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1971, Yoram Kaniuk, “The Barking”, in [Lazarre] Seymour Simckes, transl., Adam Resurrected: Translated from the Hebrew, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 2008, page 105",
"text": "The cord goes taut, tauter, tautest, till down she trips and Adam has a good laugh.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2007, Anthony Neilson, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, London: Methuen Drama; republished London, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, Act I, page 25",
"text": "Lisa Jones – a woman in her thirties – sits cross-legged onstage, absent-mindedly tuning the high E-string on an acoustic guitar. She tunes the string up and up until it reaches the correct note – and then continues on past it. [...] Higher and higher the note, the string growing ever more taut, the fretboard beginning to tremble under the strain, the tension rising – but she still winds the tuning peg, up and up and up and up until … … the string snaps!",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2015 January, Win Blevins, Meredith Blevins, “Apocalypso Now”, in Moonlight Water (A Forge Book), New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, page 316",
"text": "As Red played the intro, he allowed himself a passing glance at her. She was at the back of the crowd, face taut.",
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"Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight."
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"(also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "jig",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "ձիգ"
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"roman": "nıq tartılğan",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "ныҡ тартылған"
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"roman": "napregnat",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "напрегнат"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "gecrispeerd"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "gespannen"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "jännitetty"
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"sense": "under tension",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "tendu"
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"_dis1": "72 4 6 13 4 1",
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "contracté"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "tenso"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "tirante"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "gespannt"
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"sense": "under tension",
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"alt": "はっている",
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"roman": "hatte iru",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "張っている"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"word": "teso"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "esticado"
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"sense": "under tension",
"word": "retesado"
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"roman": "natjánutyj",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "натя́нутый"
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"sense": "under tension",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "napet"
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{
"_dis1": "72 4 6 13 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "under tension",
"word": "napregnut"
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"sense": "under tension",
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"_dis1": "72 4 6 13 4 1",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"sense": "under tension",
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"ref": "2014, Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Promised Land: Translated from the German, London: Vintage Books, page 285",
"text": "I watched him from the side as he strode along. His walk was quite different; his face too looked tauter.",
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"ref": "2014 July, Miles J. Unger, “The Giant”, in Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, page 108",
"text": "In a sense, Michelangelo's David is everything his Bacchus was not: firmly in control of himself while the god of wine was teetering on the brink of dissolution; his senses heightened while Bacchus's are dulled. Where one is taut, the other is flaccid. David's toned, athletic body contrasts with Bacchus's effeminate form, illustrating the dichotomy in Michelangelo's mind between the active masculine force and the passive feminine.",
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"ref": "2015, Lindsay McKenna, “[Hidden Heart] Chapter 7”, in Lindsay McKenna, Merline Lovelace, edited by Patience Bloom, Course of Action: Crossfire (Harlequin Romantic Suspense; 1853), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Books, page 111",
"text": "The silky sarong fell away, pooling around her hips with a whisper. Her nipples were pink and taut, the rest of her naked body a soft glow as moonlight flowed through the living room.",
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"(of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body."
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"roman": "opǎnat",
"sense": "of a body, muscles, etc.: not flabby; firm, toned",
"word": "опънат"
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"roman": "stegnat",
"sense": "of a person: having a lean, strong body",
"word": "стегнат"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtjanutyj",
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"ref": "1921 March 19, Bernard Darwin, “Golf on the Forest”, in Peter Anderson Graham, editor, Country Life, volume XLIX, number 1263, London: George Newnes […], →OCLC, page 321, column 2",
"text": "If he curbs his swing a little and gets something crisper and tauter in his methods he may yet be very good.",
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"ref": "1991 February 14, Peter Travers, “The Silence of the Lambs [film review]”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Wenner Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-12-05",
"text": "The superbly crafted suspense thriller that director Jonathan Demme has made from Thomas Harris's taut best-selling novel The Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, “Minty: A Story of a Young Harriet Tubman (written by Alan Schroeder, 1996) [book review]”, in Linda R. Andres, editor, Children’s Literature Review, volume 43, Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, page 174, column 2; quoted in Milton C. Sernett, “‘Minty’”, in Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory and History, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2007, page 35",
"text": "Quick action and dialogue create a taut story, although it is illustration that shapes the characters.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI Sounds Refreshed and Rejuvenated on Its 10th Album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-11-03",
"text": "Guitarist Jade Puget and vocalist Davey Havok have distilled AFI's strengths (a ferocious, post-hardcore rhythmic backbone; goth-tinctured, post-punky guitars; and Havok's desperate, dramatic croon) into 14 taut, hook-driven songs.",
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"Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled."
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of music"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "concise"
},
{
"word": "crisp"
},
{
"word": "terse"
},
{
"word": "tight"
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{
"word": "concise"
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],
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"journalism",
"literature",
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"_dis1": "1 2 95 1 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled",
"word": "napínavý"
},
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[
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[
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[
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[
"tauen",
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[
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"word": "muldur"
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{
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{
"rhymes": "-øyːt"
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"kind": "other",
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"form": "tautoiden",
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"form": "tautaks",
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{
"form": "tautoikš",
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},
{
"form": "tautas",
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},
{
"form": "tautoiš",
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]
},
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"form": "tautaspäi",
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"form": "tautata",
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},
{
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},
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"form": "tautanke",
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},
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"form": "tautoidenke",
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"form": "tautadme",
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{
"form": "tautoidme",
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{
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{
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},
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"form": "tautoilesai",
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},
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"form": "tautassai",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"plural",
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "tautoihepäi",
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "tautalepäi",
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"singular"
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},
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"form": "tautoilepäi",
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"plural"
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"args": {
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"kind": "other",
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"ref": "2015 January, Win Blevins, Meredith Blevins, “Apocalypso Now”, in Moonlight Water (A Forge Book), New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, page 316",
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"ref": "2014 July, Miles J. Unger, “The Giant”, in Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, page 108",
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"ref": "2015, Lindsay McKenna, “[Hidden Heart] Chapter 7”, in Lindsay McKenna, Merline Lovelace, edited by Patience Bloom, Course of Action: Crossfire (Harlequin Romantic Suspense; 1853), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Books, page 111",
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}
],
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}
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]
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"table-tags"
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"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"singular"
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"singular"
]
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{
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"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
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"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tauts",
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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"genitive",
"singular"
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"15": "",
"16": "",
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"6": "",
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{
"english": "to mutter",
"word": "tauta"
}
],
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{
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"Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
"Icelandic lemmas",
"Icelandic neuter nouns",
"Icelandic nouns",
"Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Icelandic uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːt",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːt/1 syllable"
],
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"muttering, mumbling"
],
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[
"muttering",
"muttering"
],
[
"mumbling",
"mumbling"
]
],
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{
"word": "tuldur"
},
{
"word": "muldur"
},
{
"word": "uml"
}
],
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"neuter",
"no-plural"
]
}
],
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{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-øyːt"
}
],
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}
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],
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{
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"Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms",
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{
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}
],
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"past tense of tyte"
],
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[
"tyte",
"tyte#Norwegian Bokmål"
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"(non-standard since 2005) past tense of tyte"
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"since 2005"
],
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"args": {
"1": "nn",
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{
"categories": [
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"Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms",
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[
"tyta",
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"2": "orv",
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"name": "bor"
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"1": "fi",
"2": "taltta"
},
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}
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
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"inflection-template"
]
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{
"form": "taut",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "tautad",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "tautoiden",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautad",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoid",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive-instructive",
"singular"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"essive-instructive",
"plural"
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{
"form": "tautaks",
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"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
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{
"form": "tautoikš",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
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{
"form": "tautas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "tautoiš",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautaspäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoišpäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautaha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoihe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautalpäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoilpäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautale",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautata",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoita",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautanke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoidenke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautadme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prolative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoidme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prolative"
]
},
{
"form": "tautanno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoidenno",
"source": "declension",
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"approximative",
"approximative-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautannoks",
"source": "declension",
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"approximative",
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]
},
{
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"approximative",
"approximative-ii",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"egressive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoidennopäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"egressive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautahasai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "tauthasai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoihesai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-i"
]
},
{
"form": "tautalesai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoilesai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-ii"
]
},
{
"form": "tautassai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"terminative",
"terminative-iii"
]
},
{
"form": "tautahapäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tauthapäi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"additive",
"additive-i",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"additive",
"additive-i",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tautalepäi",
"source": "declension",
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"additive",
"additive-ii",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tautoilepäi",
"source": "declension",
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"additive",
"additive-ii",
"plural"
]
}
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},
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{
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"Veps nouns",
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"msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: n-s",
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],
"section": "Icelandic",
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}
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