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"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "hkyang:lu-myui:",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ချင်းလူမျိုး"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "hkyang:",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ချင်း"
},
{
"code": "blk",
"lang": "Pa'o Karen",
"lang_code": "blk",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ချင်ꩻ"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"lang_code": "mnw",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ဂကူချေင်"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"lang_code": "shn",
"roman": "khjáang",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ၶျၢင်း"
}
],
"word": "Chin"
}
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"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"Chin"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Chin",
"trace": ""
}
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