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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "მოთხრობითი"
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"word": "能格"
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"word": "eşişlevsel hal"
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "halo raşt"
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "ergativo"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "ergatiivi"
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "მოთხრობითი"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "motxrobiti brunva",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "მოთხრობითი ბრუნვა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ergaṭivi",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "ერგატივი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Ergativ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "ergativus"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"tags": [
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"word": "caso ergativo"
},
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"alt": "のうかく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nōkaku",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "能格"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "neunggyeok",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"word": "능격"
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{
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"tags": [
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"word": "caso ergativo"
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"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
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"word": "ergativ"
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"roman": "ergatív",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
"tags": [
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"word": "эргати́в"
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"roman": "ergatívnyj padéž",
"sense": "case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages",
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"word": "eşişlevsel hal"
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