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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "kl-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilak",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilaat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilaap",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilaat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilammut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilannut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilammit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilannit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilakkut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prosecutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilatsigut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prosecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilammi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilanni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilammik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilannik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilattut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tupilattut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "tupilaat",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tupilaat"
},
"expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
"name": "kl-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tupilak",
"10": "tupilaat",
"11": "tupilannut",
"12": "tupilannit",
"13": "tupilatsigut",
"14": "tupilanni",
"15": "tupilannik",
"16": "tupilattut",
"2": "tupilaap",
"3": "tupilammut",
"4": "tupilammit",
"5": "tupilakkut",
"6": "tupilammi",
"7": "tupilammik",
"8": "tupilattut",
"9": "tupilaat"
},
"name": "kl-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"lang_code": "kl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"tupilak (statuette)"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tupilak (creature)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tupilak/",
"note": "Nuuk"
},
{
"ipa": "[tʊ.pɪ.lək]",
"note": "Nuuk"
}
],
"word": "tupilak"
}
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