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"lang": "Bikol Central",
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"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "hayahay"
},
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"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "airejós"
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"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "aera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "ilmava"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aéré"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "belüftet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "gelüftet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "zugig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "umweht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "luftig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "aerátos",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "αεράτος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "análach"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "hauangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "pongipongi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "airoso"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "awelog"
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"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "bezstarostný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "nonšalantní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "ležérní"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "povrchní"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "ilmava"
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"word": "oberflächlich"
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "unbeständig"
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
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"word": "lebhaft"
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"word": "sorgenfrei"
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