See mato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "madu"
},
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"text": "Estonian: madu"
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"text": "North Karelian: mato"
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"text": "South Karelian: mado"
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"text": "Veps: mado"
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{
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"2": "mado"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Võro: mado"
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"text": "Votic: mato"
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"name": "desc"
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "madot",
"source": "inflection",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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{
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matodën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoidën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoda",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoida",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madossa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madohna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoissa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madoihna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madosta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoista",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matohën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoihën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madolla",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoilla",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madolta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoilta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matolën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matolëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoilën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoilëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matona",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoina",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madoksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "madoiksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "madon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matonëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoinëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madotta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoitta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
}
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"name": "urj-fin-decl"
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mato",
"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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}
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "madu"
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"name": "desc"
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "mato"
},
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"1": "izh",
"2": "mato"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "krl",
"2": "-"
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Karelian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "North Karelian: mato"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "South Karelian: mado"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "olo",
"2": "mado"
},
"expansion": "Livvi: mado",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Livvi: mado"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "lud",
"2": "mado"
},
"expansion": "Ludian: mado",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ludian: mado"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "vep",
"2": "mado"
},
"expansion": "Veps: mado",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Veps: mado"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "vro",
"2": "mado"
},
"expansion": "Võro: mado",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Võro: mado"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "vot",
"2": "mato"
},
"expansion": "Votic: mato",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Votic: mato"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "smi-pro",
"2": "*mātō",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
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"2": "urj-fpr-pro",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "urj-fin-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "mato",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madot",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madot",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matodën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoidën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoda",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoida",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madossa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madohna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoissa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madoihna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madosta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoista",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matohën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoihën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madolla",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoilla",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madolta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoilta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matolën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matolëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoilën",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matoilëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matona",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoina",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madoksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "madoiksi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "madon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "matonëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matoinëk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "madotta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "madoitta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "mato"
},
"name": "urj-fin-decl"
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"lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mato",
"pos": "noun",
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"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Finnic lemmas",
"Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
"Proto-Finnic nouns",
"Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic",
"Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic",
"urj-fin-pro:Worms"
],
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"worm"
],
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[
"worm",
"worm"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "mato"
}
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