See mendinkä(inen) in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "mendinkäiciden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "mendingäictä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "mendinkäicidä",
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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"inessive",
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},
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"form": "mendinkäicestä",
"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
]
},
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"form": "mendinkäicistä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "mendinkäicehen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "mendinkäicihen",
"source": "inflection",
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"illative",
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]
},
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"form": "mendinkäicellä",
"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
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"form": "mendinkäicillä",
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"plural"
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"singular"
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicilek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendingäinnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicinä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
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"translative"
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"form": "mendinkäiciksi",
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
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"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendingäinnek",
"source": "inflection",
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"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "mendinkäicinek",
"source": "inflection",
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"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mendinkä(inen)",
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"spirit, ghost of a deceased person"
],
"id": "en-mendinkä(inen)-urj-fin-pro-noun-8ZDpbkLv",
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],
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]
}
],
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},
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"text": "North Karelian: mönni"
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäiciden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendingäictä",
"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicidä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicessä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicehnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicissä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicihnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicestä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicistä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicehen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicihen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicellä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicillä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäiceltä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäiciltä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicelen",
"source": "inflection",
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"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicelek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicilen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicilek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendingäinnä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicinä",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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},
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]
},
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural"
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},
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]
},
{
"form": "mendinkäicinek",
"source": "inflection",
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"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"Proto-Finnic nouns",
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],
"word": "mendinkä(inen)"
}
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