See தம் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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14
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20,
24
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},
{
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"sense": "Relations formed with தம் (tam)",
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"roman": "tamaḷ",
"sense": "Relations formed with தம் (tam)",
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},
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},
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"roman": "tammai",
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},
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0,
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14
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11,
14
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8
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20,
24
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"roman": "tam nāṭṭai tam pōkkil āḷvīrāka!",
"text": "தம் நாட்டை தம் போக்கில் ஆள்வீராக!",
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"plural"
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"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்முடைய",
"roman": "tammuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மின்",
"roman": "tammiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மில்",
"roman": "tammil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மிடம்",
"roman": "tammiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மோடு",
"roman": "tammōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்முடன்",
"roman": "tammuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மால்",
"roman": "tammāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தம்மிலிருந்து",
"roman": "tammiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "தம் • (tam)",
"name": "ta-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "colloquial",
"3": "uncountable"
},
"expansion": "(colloquial, uncountable)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "-",
"3": "தம்மே",
"4": "தம்மு"
},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"breath drawn in or held (during exertions)"
],
"links": [
[
"breath",
"breath"
],
[
"drawn in",
"drawn in"
],
[
"held",
"held"
],
[
"exertion",
"exertion#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"breath"
],
"links": [
[
"breath",
"breath"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "மூச்சு"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ta:Smoking"
],
"glosses": [
"puff"
],
"links": [
[
"smoking",
"smoking#Noun"
],
[
"puff",
"puff"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(smoking) puff"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"smoking"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d̪ɐm/"
}
],
"word": "தம்"
}
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{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 1'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
"path": [
"தம்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "தம்",
"trace": ""
}
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