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"Japanese", "roman": "-nai", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-ない" }, { "alt": "てい-", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tei-", "sense": "lacking", "word": "低-" }, { "code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "-villada", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-ವಿಲ್ಲದ" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "bê-" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "-sız", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-сыз" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "bǭ mī", "sense": "lacking", "word": "ບໍ່ມີ" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "lacking", "word": "sine" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "lacking", "word": "in-" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "lacking", "word": "ne-" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "lacking", "word": "se-" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "bez" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "be-" }, { "code": "luo", "lang": "Luo", "sense": 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}, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lacking", "word": "des-" }, { "code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "-hīn", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-ਹੀਨ" }, { "code": "rom", "lang": "Romani", "sense": "lacking", "word": "bi-" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "fără" }, { "alt": "bez(ʺ)-", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "без(ъ)-" }, { "alt": "bes(ʺ)-", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "бес(ъ)-" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "lacking", "word": "gun" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lacking", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "без-" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lacking", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "bez-" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "lacking", "word": "bez-" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "lacking", "word": "brez" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "sin" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "des-" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "lacking", "word": "bila" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-lös" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "lacking", "word": "pugot ang" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "lacking", "word": "walang" }, { "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "-lēni", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-లేని" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-siz" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-sız" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-suz" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-süz" }, { "code": "udm", "lang": "Udmurt", "roman": "-tem", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-тэм" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "bez-", "sense": "lacking", "word": "без-" }, { "code": "ve", "lang": "Venda", "sense": "lacking", "word": "zwisina" }, { "code": "ve", "lang": "Venda", "sense": "lacking", "word": "asina" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "lacking", "word": "cây đinh không" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "lacking", "word": "di-" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "lacking", "word": "di" }, { "code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "lacking", "word": "-leas" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "-loz", "sense": "lacking", "word": "־לאָז" }, { "code": "yo", "lang": "Yoruba", "sense": "lacking", "word": "àìní" } ], "word": "-less" }
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