"meli" meaning in Latvian

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      },
      "expansion": "meli m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st"
      },
      "expansion": "meli m (1st declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mel",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "1st",
        "4": "no-sg",
        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mel",
        "2": "s",
        "4": "no-sg",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "10": "meliem",
        "11": "-",
        "12": "melos",
        "13": "-",
        "14": "meli",
        "2": "meli",
        "3": "-",
        "4": "melus",
        "5": "-",
        "6": "melu",
        "7": "-",
        "8": "meliem",
        "9": "-",
        "type": "1st declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "melis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mele"
    },
    {
      "word": "melot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an innocent lie, a fib",
          "text": "nevainīgi meli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a clear, obvious lie",
          "text": "skaidri meli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "an outrageous (lit. white, frosty) lie",
          "text": "balti, salti meli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to invent, to tell lies",
          "text": "izgudrot, stāstīt melus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to detect, to reveal a lie",
          "text": "atklāt melus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lie, falsehood, untruth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ],
        [
          "untruth",
          "untruth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meli"
}