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"imperfect subjunctive#English"
],
[
"tense",
"tense#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈis.si.mo/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-issimo"
}
],
"word": "-issimo"
}
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