See tauta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "the children, the children must write! they are (lit. that is) the most promising, gratifying people",
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],
"english": "fishermen are a poor people",
"text": "zvejnieki ir trūcīga tauta",
"type": "example"
},
{
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32,
38
]
],
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73,
79
]
],
"english": "we, the artists, are an unhappy people",
"text": "mēs, mākslinieki, esam nelaimīga tauta",
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},
{
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94,
100
]
],
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[
53,
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]
],
"english": "the children, the children must write! they are (lit. that is) the most promising, gratifying people",
"text": "bērniem, bērniem vajag rakstīt! tā ir vispateicīgākā tauta",
"type": "example"
},
{
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33
]
],
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97,
103
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],
"english": "cats in general are such a people, from which you don't know what and when to expect",
"text": "kaķi vispār ir tāda tauta, no kuras nezini, ko kurā brīdī sagaidīsi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"people (a group of individuals with some specific characteristic feature)"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"group",
"group#English"
],
[
"individual",
"individual#English"
],
[
"specific",
"specific#English"
],
[
"characteristic",
"characteristic#English"
],
[
"feature",
"feature#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) people (a group of individuals with some specific characteristic feature)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"declension-4",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
22,
28
]
],
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5
]
],
"english": "(lit. daughter of the people) young woman from another region or family group",
"text": "tautu meita",
"type": "example"
},
{
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17,
23
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],
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0,
5
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],
"english": "(lit. son of the people) young man from another region or family group",
"text": "tautu dēls",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"people from another region, family group, village"
],
"links": [
[
"folklore",
"folklore"
],
[
"usually",
"usually"
],
[
"plural",
"plural"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"another",
"another"
],
[
"region",
"region"
],
[
"family",
"family"
],
[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"village",
"village"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in folklore; usually plural) people from another region, family group, village"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in folklore"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine",
"plural",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tàwta]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nācija"
},
{
"word": "tautība"
}
],
"word": "tauta"
}
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