"ourselves" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /aʊəˈsɛlvz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑːˈsɛlvz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ [General-American], /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ourselves.ogg [US] Forms: case of we [reflexive]
Rhymes: -ɛlvz Etymology: Morphologically our + -selves. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|our|selves}} our + -selves Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|first personal plural pronoun||reflexive case of|we|||||||||||||||head=}} ourselves (first personal plural pronoun, reflexive case of we), {{en-pron|reflexive case of|we|desc=first personal plural pronoun}} ourselves (first personal plural pronoun, reflexive case of we)
  1. (reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. Tags: reflexive Translations (reflexive: us): أَنْفُسَنَا (ʔanfusanā) (Arabic), сябе́ (sjabjé) [accusative, genitive] (Belarusian), сабе́ (sabjé) [dative, locative] (Belarusian), сабо́й (sabój) [instrumental] (Belarusian), -цца (-cca) (note: verb ending) (Belarusian), ens (Catalan), 我們自己 (Chinese Mandarin), 我们自己 (Chinese Mandarin), 我们自己 (wǒmén zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ni (Esperanto), nin (Esperanto), itsemme (Finnish), magunk (Hungarian), magunkat [accusative] (Hungarian), ni ipsa (Ido), sinn féin (Irish), ci (Italian), la nostra [feminine] (Italian), il nostro [masculine] (Italian), le nostre [feminine, plural] (Italian), noi stessi (Italian), позыбыс (pozıbıs) (Khakas), se (Lower Sorbian), tehhuān (Nahuatl), iežame du (Northern Sami), iežamet [plural] (Northern Sami), nos (Portuguese), nós (Portuguese), amen (Romani), noi înșine [masculine] (Romanian), noi însene [feminine] (Romanian), себя́ (sebjá) (Russian), nos (Spanish), nosotros (Spanish), wisrefi (Sranan Tongo), oss själva (Swedish), бодувус (boduvus) (Tuvan), себе́ (sebé) (Ukrainian), собі́ (sobí) (Ukrainian), бэйэбит (beyebit) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-ourselves-en-pron-8SL8lHlb Categories (other): English reflexive pronouns Disambiguation of 'reflexive: us': 92 8
  2. (emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate. Tags: emphatic
    Sense id: en-ourselves-en-pron-~H9cVfUV Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English first person pronouns, English grammar appendices, English intensifiers, English plural pronouns, English pronouns, English terms suffixed with -selves Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English first person pronouns: 43 57 Disambiguation of English grammar appendices: 38 62 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 19 81 Disambiguation of English plural pronouns: 37 63 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -selves: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: usself [dialectal, obsolete], weself [Jamaican] Derived forms: between ourselves Coordinate_terms: ourself (english: we; for the singular) Translations (emphatic: we): A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack (American Sign Language), أَنْفُسَنَا (ʔanfusanā) (Arabic), мы са́мі (my sámi) (Belarusian), mateixos (Catalan), 我們自己 (Chinese Mandarin), 我们自己 (Chinese Mandarin), 我们自己 (wǒmén zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), itse (Finnish), sinn féin (Irish), mēs paši [masculine, plural] (Latvian), mēs pašas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), tehhuāntin (Nahuatl), ieža (Northern Sami), nós mesmos (Portuguese), са́ми (sámi) (Russian), my sami (Slovak), my same (Slovak), nosotros mismos (Spanish), (vi) själva (Swedish), ми сами́ (my samý) (Ukrainian), ми самі́ (my samí) (Ukrainian)
Related terms: Ime [colloquial], me, myselfmemysen, mine, mymineme [archaic, before-vowel], we, us, ourselvesourselfoursen, ours, our, you, yourselfyoursen, yoursyourn [dialectal, obsolete], your, thou, thee, thyselftheeselfthysen, thine, thythine [before-vowel], youye [archaic], yourselves, you ally'all you guys, y'allselves, y'all's you guys' your guys' [proscribed], y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' [nonstandard, proscribed], he, him, himselfhisselfhissen [archaic], hishisn [dialectal, obsolete], his, she, her, herselfhersen, hershern [dialectal, obsolete], ithit, itselfhitself, itshis [archaic], itshishits [archaic], they, them, themself, themselves, theirs, their, one, oneself, , one's, themhem, 'em, themselvestheirsen, theirstheirn [dialectal, obsolete] Disambiguation of 'emphatic: we': 47 53

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          "word": "ni ipsa"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "sinn féin"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "ci"
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "noi stessi"
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "reflexive: us",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reflexive: us",
          "word": "nos"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reflexive: us",
          "word": "nós"
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          "lang": "Romani",
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          "word": "amen"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reflexive: us",
          "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑɹˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlvz"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-ourselves.ogg/En-us-ourselves.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "usself"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jamaican"
      ],
      "word": "weself"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔanfusanā",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "أَنْفُسَنَا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "my sámi",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "мы са́мі"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "mateixos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我們自己"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǒmén zìjǐ",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "itse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "sinn féin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mēs paši"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mēs pašas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "tehhuāntin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ieža"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "nós mesmos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sámi",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "са́ми"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "my sami"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "my same"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "nosotros mismos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "(vi) själva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "my samý",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ми сами́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "my samí",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ми самі́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ourselves"
}
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English first person pronouns",
    "English grammar appendices",
    "English intensifiers",
    "English lemmas",
    "English plural pronouns",
    "English pronouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -selves",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Japanese translations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛlvz",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛlvz/2 syllables"
  ],
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      "word": "between ourselves"
    }
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "3": "first personal plural pronoun",
        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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      "name": "head"
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      "word": "me"
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    {
      "word": "myselfmemysen"
    },
    {
      "word": "mine"
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      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "before-vowel"
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      "word": "we"
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      "word": "us"
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      "word": "ourselvesourselfoursen"
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      "word": "ours"
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      "word": "our"
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      "word": "you"
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    {
      "word": "yourselfyoursen"
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      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
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      "word": "your"
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    {
      "word": "thou"
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    {
      "word": "thee"
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    {
      "word": "thyselftheeselfthysen"
    },
    {
      "word": "thine"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "before-vowel"
      ],
      "word": "thythine"
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "yourselves"
    },
    {
      "word": "you ally'all you guys"
    },
    {
      "word": "y'allselves"
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      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "y'all's you guys' your guys'"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'"
    },
    {
      "word": "he"
    },
    {
      "word": "him"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "himselfhisselfhissen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "hishisn"
    },
    {
      "word": "his"
    },
    {
      "word": "she"
    },
    {
      "word": "her"
    },
    {
      "word": "herselfhersen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "hershern"
    },
    {
      "word": "ithit"
    },
    {
      "word": "itselfhitself"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "itshis"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "itshishits"
    },
    {
      "word": "they"
    },
    {
      "word": "them"
    },
    {
      "word": "themself"
    },
    {
      "word": "themselves"
    },
    {
      "word": "theirs"
    },
    {
      "word": "their"
    },
    {
      "word": "one"
    },
    {
      "word": "oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "–"
    },
    {
      "word": "one's"
    },
    {
      "word": "themhem"
    },
    {
      "word": "'em"
    },
    {
      "word": "themselvestheirsen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "theirstheirn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive pronouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We should keep this for ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Us",
          "us"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We did it ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "We",
          "we"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate."
      ],
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        "emphatic"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊəˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑɹˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlvz"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-ourselves.ogg/En-us-ourselves.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "usself"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jamaican"
      ],
      "word": "weself"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔanfusanā",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "أَنْفُسَنَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjabjé",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive"
      ],
      "word": "сябе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sabjé",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "locative"
      ],
      "word": "сабе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sabój",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental"
      ],
      "word": "сабо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "note": "verb ending",
      "roman": "-cca",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "-цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "ens"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "我們自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǒmén zìjǐ",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "ni"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "nin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "itsemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "magunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ],
      "word": "magunkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "ni ipsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "sinn féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "ci"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la nostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "il nostro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "le nostre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "noi stessi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kjh",
      "lang": "Khakas",
      "roman": "pozıbıs",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "позыбыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "tehhuān"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "iežame du"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "iežamet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "nós"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "amen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noi înșine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noi însene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sebjá",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "себя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "wisrefi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "oss själva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "boduvus",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "бодувус"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sebé",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "себе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sobí",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "собі́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "beyebit",
      "sense": "reflexive: us",
      "word": "бэйэбит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔanfusanā",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "أَنْفُسَنَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "my sámi",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "мы са́мі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "mateixos"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我們自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǒmén zìjǐ",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "我们自己"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "itse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "sinn féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mēs paši"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mēs pašas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "tehhuāntin"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ieža"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "nós mesmos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sámi",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "са́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "my sami"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "my same"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "nosotros mismos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "(vi) själva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "my samý",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ми сами́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "my samí",
      "sense": "emphatic: we",
      "word": "ми самі́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ourselves"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: first personal plural pronoun",
  "path": [
    "ourselves"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "ourselves",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Northern Sami: 'iežame du', originally 'iežame du'",
  "path": [
    "ourselves"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "ourselves",
  "trace": ""
}

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