See pusus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "puellus"
},
{
"word": "puerulus"
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{
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"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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"a boy, a little boy"
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},
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],
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{
"word": "puellus"
},
{
"word": "puerulus"
},
{
"word": "puer"
},
{
"word": "pisinnus"
},
{
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}
],
"word": "pusus"
}
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