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},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xalaasny xutga",
"word": "халаасны хутга"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lommekniv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lommekniv"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çakı",
"word": "چاقی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scyzoryk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canivete"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "briceag"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cuțit de buzunar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "pocket knife",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "karmánnyj nož",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "карма́нный нож"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "folding knife",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skladnój nož",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "складно́й нож"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peročínnyj nož",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перочи́нный нож"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "џепни нож"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "перорез"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "džepni nož"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "perorez"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "navaja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fickkniv"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fällkniv"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pennkniv"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kord jayb",
"word": "корд ҷайб"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"word": "มีดพก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mîit-páp",
"word": "มีดพับ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"word": "poketnaip"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "çakı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "cep bıçağı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skladanyj niž",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "складаний ніж"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"word": "pokaneif"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cyllell boced"
}
],
"word": "pocketknife"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": penknife vs. peročínnyj nož",
"path": [
"pocketknife"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pocketknife",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle', 2: 'penknife'}",
"path": [
"pocketknife",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pocketknife",
"trace": ""
}
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