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"feminine"
],
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"nn:Terner"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/²tɛrnə/"
}
],
"word": "terne"
}
{
"categories": [
"Romani adjective forms",
"Romani entries with incorrect language header",
"Romani non-lemma forms"
],
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"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "adjective form"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
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"inflection of terno:",
"nominative plural"
],
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"terno",
"terno#Romani"
]
],
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]
},
{
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],
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[
"terno",
"terno#Romani"
]
],
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}
],
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}
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"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
],
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"name": "head"
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "ternar"
}
],
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"first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
],
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"ternar",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of ternar:\n"
],
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"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
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},
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"word": "ternar"
}
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"inflection of ternar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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],
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"singular",
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}
],
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