See -wise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "-vis"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "-mæssig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "suhteen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "-mäßig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "terén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "-lag"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "-leg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "tekintetében"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "vonatkozásában"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "dolgában"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "illetően"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "illetőleg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "kapcsán"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "kapcsolatban"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "-mässig"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in the matter of, with regard to",
"word": "o ran"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "-onként"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "-anként"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "-enként"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "-önként"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zutsu",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "ずつ"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one (thing) at a time",
"word": "-vis"
}
],
"word": "-wise"
}
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