See ngòmbè in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
"form": "ngòmbè",
"tags": [
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"plural"
]
}
],
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmbè",
"pos": "noun",
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"lang": "Lunda",
"lang_code": "lun"
},
{
"lang": "Luban",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
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"lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
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{
"lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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{
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{
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}
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}
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"forms": [
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"plural"
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"Proto-Bantu lemmas",
"Proto-Bantu nouns",
"Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Requests for date",
"bnt-pro:Mammals"
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}
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