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{
"etymology_text": "Colloquial/vernacular form of niin kuin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "niiku",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niinq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niiq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "niinku",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Life is kinda like a game, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.",
"text": "Elämä on vähän niinku peli, välil voittaa ja välil hävii.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Friends are like a family you can choose.",
"text": "Ystävät on niinku perhe, jonka sä voit valita.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "niin kuin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Colloquial form of niin kuin"
],
"id": "en-niinku-fi-conj-4u1NKeA5",
"links": [
[
"niin kuin",
"niin kuin#Finnish"
]
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːŋku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈniːŋku]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːŋku"
}
],
"word": "niinku"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Colloquial/vernacular form of niin kuin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "niiku",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niinq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niiq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "niinku",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "colloquial"
},
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"name": "tlb"
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],
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "7 93",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 85",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Finnish particles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 93",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You've got to, like, forget it/her/him.",
"text": "Sun on niinku unohdettava se.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There were like five people in there.",
"text": "Siellä oli niinku viis ihmistä.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I was like \"I don't know\".",
"text": "Olin niinku \"en mä tiiä\".",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"like (used when hesitating or as filler; mild intensifier; indicating approximation or uncertainty; used to precede paraphrased quotations)"
],
"id": "en-niinku-fi-particle-DeE~OT-N",
"links": [
[
"like",
"like"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "kato"
},
{
"word": "nääs"
},
{
"word": "tiäksä"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːŋku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈniːŋku]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːŋku"
}
],
"word": "niinku"
}
{
"categories": [
"Finnish 2-syllable words",
"Finnish colloquialisms",
"Finnish conjunctions",
"Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
"Finnish lemmas",
"Finnish particles",
"Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Finnish/iːŋku",
"Rhymes:Finnish/iːŋku/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_text": "Colloquial/vernacular form of niin kuin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "niiku",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niinq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niiq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "niinku",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Finnish colloquialisms",
"Finnish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Life is kinda like a game, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.",
"text": "Elämä on vähän niinku peli, välil voittaa ja välil hävii.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Friends are like a family you can choose.",
"text": "Ystävät on niinku perhe, jonka sä voit valita.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "niin kuin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Colloquial form of niin kuin"
],
"links": [
[
"niin kuin",
"niin kuin#Finnish"
]
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːŋku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈniːŋku]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːŋku"
}
],
"word": "niinku"
}
{
"categories": [
"Finnish 2-syllable words",
"Finnish colloquialisms",
"Finnish conjunctions",
"Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
"Finnish lemmas",
"Finnish particles",
"Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Finnish/iːŋku",
"Rhymes:Finnish/iːŋku/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_text": "Colloquial/vernacular form of niin kuin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "niiku",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niinq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "niiq",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "niinku",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "colloquial"
},
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"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"pos": "particle",
"related": [
{
"word": "kato"
},
{
"word": "nääs"
},
{
"word": "tiäksä"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Finnish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You've got to, like, forget it/her/him.",
"text": "Sun on niinku unohdettava se.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There were like five people in there.",
"text": "Siellä oli niinku viis ihmistä.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I was like \"I don't know\".",
"text": "Olin niinku \"en mä tiiä\".",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"like (used when hesitating or as filler; mild intensifier; indicating approximation or uncertainty; used to precede paraphrased quotations)"
],
"links": [
[
"like",
"like"
]
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːŋku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈniːŋku]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːŋku"
}
],
"word": "niinku"
}
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