See -NIL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"handle",
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{
"word": "∅"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"word": "sheet"
},
{
"word": "paper"
},
{
"word": "ł"
},
{
"word": "-TSOOZ"
},
{
"word": "yiłtsóós"
},
{
"word": "stick"
},
{
"word": "pole"
},
{
"word": "-TĄ́"
},
{
"word": "yitįįh"
},
{
"word": "animate"
},
{
"word": "doll"
},
{
"word": "-TĮ́"
},
{
"word": "yiłteeh"
},
{
"word": "wig"
},
{
"word": "hay"
},
{
"word": "fog"
},
{
"word": "-JOOL"
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{
"word": "yiłjooł"
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{
"word": "butter"
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{
"word": "frog"
},
{
"word": "-TŁÉÉʼ"
},
{
"word": "yitłeeh"
},
{
"word": "load"
},
{
"word": "burden"
},
{
"word": "-YĮ́"
},
{
"word": "yiyeeh"
},
{
"word": "severality"
},
{
"word": "yinííł"
},
{
"word": "profusion"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "yijááh"
},
{
"word": "profusion in a container"
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{
"word": "-KĄ́"
},
{
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"word": "yiʼaah"
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"word": "pairs"
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"word": "conglomerate"
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"word": "yilé"
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{
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{
"word": "paper"
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},
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"word": "yiłtsóós"
},
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"word": "pole"
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"word": "-TĄ́"
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"word": "yitįįh"
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{
"word": "doll"
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{
"word": "-TĮ́"
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{
"word": "yiłteeh"
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{
"word": "wig"
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{
"word": "hay"
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{
"word": "fog"
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{
"word": "-JOOL"
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"word": "yiłjooł"
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{
"word": "butter"
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{
"word": "frog"
},
{
"word": "-TŁÉÉʼ"
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{
"word": "yitłeeh"
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{
"word": "load"
},
{
"word": "burden"
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{
"word": "-YĮ́"
},
{
"word": "yiyeeh"
},
{
"word": "severality"
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{
"word": "yinííł"
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{
"word": "profusion"
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{
"word": "-JAAʼ"
},
{
"word": "yijááh"
},
{
"word": "profusion in a container"
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{
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"Navajo lemmas",
"Navajo roots",
"Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
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"to handle, move plural objects"
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],
"word": "-NIL"
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