See folktale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teika"
},
{
"code": "lus",
"lang": "Mizo",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "thawnthurochun"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bajka ludowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conto popular"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paramìsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naródnaja skázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наро́дная ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leyenda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "folksaga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "kuwentong-bayan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานชาวบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานพื้นบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naródna kázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наро́дна ка́зка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "truyện dân gian"
}
],
"word": "folktale"
}
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