See etelä in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"text": "Estonian: edel (“southwest”)"
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"2": "etelä",
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"text": "Finnish: etelä (“south”)"
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"text": "Livonian: jedāl (“south”)"
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},
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "etelät",
"source": "inflection",
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},
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"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelät",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelätä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleitä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelässä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelähnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleissä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleihnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelästä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleistä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläsen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleisen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelällä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleillä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelältä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiltä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelälen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelälek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleilen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleilek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelänä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleinä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelein",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelänek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleinek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelättä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleittä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etelä",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"south-southwest"
],
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[
"south",
"south"
],
[
"southwest",
"southwest"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "etelä"
}
{
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{
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"1": "et",
"2": "edel",
"t": "southwest"
},
"expansion": "Estonian: edel (“southwest”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Estonian: edel (“southwest”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "etelä",
"t": "south"
},
"expansion": "Finnish: etelä (“south”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Finnish: etelä (“south”)"
},
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "izh",
"2": "etelä",
"t": "southwest"
},
"expansion": "Ingrian: etelä (“southwest”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ingrian: etelä (“southwest”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "liv",
"2": "jedāl",
"t": "south"
},
"expansion": "Livonian: jedāl (“south”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Livonian: jedāl (“south”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "vot",
"2": "etele",
"t": "southwest"
},
"expansion": "Votic: etele (“southwest”)",
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],
"text": "Votic: etele (“southwest”)"
}
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "urj-fin-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "etelä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelät",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelät",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelätä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleitä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelässä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelähnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleissä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleihnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelästä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleistä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläsen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleisen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelällä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleillä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelältä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiltä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelälen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelälek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleilen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleilek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelänä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleinä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eteläksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleiksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "etelän",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etelein",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelänek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleinek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "etelättä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eteleittä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
"name": "urj-fin-decl"
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],
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"lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etelä",
"pos": "noun",
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"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Finnic lemmas",
"Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-ei",
"Proto-Finnic nouns",
"Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-la",
"urj-fin-pro:Compass points"
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"glosses": [
"south-southwest"
],
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[
"south",
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],
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]
],
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]
}
],
"word": "etelä"
}
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