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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
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},
"expansion": "Dutch luis",
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},
{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "lûs"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "louse"
},
"expansion": "English louse",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "lus"
},
"expansion": "Danish lus",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German lûs, from Old Saxon *lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.\nCognate with Dutch luis, West Frisian lûs, German Laus, English louse, Danish lus.",
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]
},
{
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}
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},
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}
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41,
45
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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55,
60
]
],
"english": "Also good, as the flea catcher said when he’d caught a louse.",
"raw_tags": [
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],
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{
"word": "Bottervagel"
},
{
"word": "Eemk"
},
{
"word": "Entomologie"
},
{
"word": "Käver"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "Floh"
},
{
"word": "Honnigimm"
},
{
"word": "Imm"
},
{
"word": "Insekt"
},
{
"word": "Insektenkunn"
},
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"translation": "compare German Kerbtier",
"word": "Karvdeert"
},
{
"word": "Miegaamke"
},
{
"word": "Miegeem"
},
{
"word": "Miegeemk"
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{
"word": "Miegeemke"
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{
"word": "Miegreem"
},
{
"word": "Mier"
},
{
"word": "Miet"
},
{
"word": "Ruup"
},
{
"word": "Säver"
},
{
"word": "Sebber"
},
{
"word": "Sever"
},
{
"word": "Sommervagel"
},
{
"word": "Sommerlott"
},
{
"word": "Tääk"
},
{
"word": "Teek"
},
{
"word": "Weeps"
},
{
"word": "Wääps"
}
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"word": "Luus"
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"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lūs",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"word": "Bottervagel"
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{
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{
"word": "Käver"
},
{
"word": "Fleeg"
},
{
"word": "Fleerling"
},
{
"word": "Floh"
},
{
"word": "Honnigimm"
},
{
"word": "Imm"
},
{
"word": "Insekt"
},
{
"word": "Insektenkunn"
},
{
"english": "compare German Kerbtier",
"translation": "compare German Kerbtier",
"word": "Karvdeert"
},
{
"word": "Miegaamke"
},
{
"word": "Miegeem"
},
{
"word": "Miegeemk"
},
{
"word": "Miegeemke"
},
{
"word": "Miegreem"
},
{
"word": "Mier"
},
{
"word": "Miet"
},
{
"word": "Ruup"
},
{
"word": "Säver"
},
{
"word": "Sebber"
},
{
"word": "Sever"
},
{
"word": "Sommervagel"
},
{
"word": "Sommerlott"
},
{
"word": "Tääk"
},
{
"word": "Teek"
},
{
"word": "Weeps"
},
{
"word": "Wääps"
}
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"Low German feminine nouns",
"Low German lemmas",
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"Low German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Low German terms with usage examples",
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45
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60
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"text": "Auk gued, sä de Flaufänger, do har he ne Luus kriëgen.",
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"type": "example"
}
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"word": "Luus"
}
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