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Linguonyms GrammarTerms / other
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generally shared, many languages (featuring a similar term)
11st person?unsure/uncertain
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Abkh.Abkhaz22nd person“…”transliterated text
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Afa.Afar33rd person(…)other information
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Afrk.Afrikaansaactive voice[…]grammatical information
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Ağl.Aghulabessabessive[æŋ]
phonetic transcription (i.e. how an individual speaker says)
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Ain.Ainuabsabsolutive{…}etymological information
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Akhvkh.Akhvakhaccaccusative*…
reconstruction, reconstructed term
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Alb.Albanianadelaadelative**…internal reconstruction
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Aleu.Aleutadj.adjective
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Alyu.Alyutoradv.adverb/æŋ/
phonemic transcription (i.e. how a language's sounds work)
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Am.Armenianagenagentive†…expected, but not the outcome
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Anat.Anatolian, AnatolicallallativeA → B / B ← AA descends as B
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Ar.ArabicantessantessiveA ⇻ B / B ⇺ AA replaced by B
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Ara.Aramaicapudapudessive~related to, similar to
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Ari.Arinaugaugmentativeabbr.abbreviation/abbreviated
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Arph.Arapaho, Hinónoʼeitíítbenbenefactiveacr.acronym(ized)
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Arshtt.Archic.conjunctionadjz.adjectivization
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Ashk.Ashkuncauscausativeadvz.adverbialization
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ATam.Atlas Tamazightcomcomitativearkh.archaic, archaism
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Auregn.Auregnaiscompcomparativeb.a.by analogy
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Ava.Avard.determinerb.a.o.by analogy of
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Avst.Avestandatdativeb.ext.by extension
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Azer.Azerideldelativeb.f.f.
back-formed from, back-formation
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Bshk.Bashkirdimdiminutivec.o.calque of
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Belaru.Belarussiandistrdistributivecalq.calque
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Bezht.Bezhtadtrditransitivecf.confer, compare
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Bgvlal.Bagvalalegr(ess)egressivecmn.common
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Bib.-Biblicalelaelativecmpd.compound
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Bislm.Bislamaequequativecolloq.colloquial, informal
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Botlkh.Botlikh/Botlixergergativeconfl.w.conflated/conflation with
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Bryt.Brythonic, Brittonicessessiveconj.conjugation
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Brz.Breton, Brezhonegexessexessivectmd.contaminated
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Btsb.Batsf.femininedbt.doubt(ful), dubitable
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Bdkh.Budukhgengenitivedecl.declension
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Bulg.Bulgarianillatillativederiv.derivation, derived
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Brm.Burmese, Myanmarimpimperativee.o.m.extension of meaning
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ByzGk.Byzantine Greekindindicativeendnm.endonym(ic)
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C.-Centralinessinessiveesp.especially
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Ct.Catalaninitinitiativeeuph.euphemistic
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Cel.Celticinstrcom
instrumental-comitative
exnm.exonym(ic)
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Chey.Cheyenne, Tsėhésenėstsestȯtseinterj.interjectionext.extended, extension
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Chkch-Kmch.Chukotko-Kamchatkanintrtintrativef.i.c.found in compounds
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Chkch.Chukchi, Chukot, Ḷŭg̣’orawetḷʹen/Luorawetlanipfvimperfectivefg.figurative(ly)
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Chn.Chineselim(it)limitativefoss.fossilised forms/in
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Chuv.Chuvanloclocativeg.g.b.gender governed by
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Circss.Circassianm.masculinegr.grammar
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Cl-Classicalmpmediopassiveinnov.innovative, innovation
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Çmll.Chamalaln.neuterirreg.irregular
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CntChn.Cantonese (Chinese)nomnominativeling.linguistic(s)
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Cors.Corsicanntrintransitivelit.literally
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Cr.Creeobj.objectlitry.literary
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Cz-Sl.Czechoslovakoblobliquem.borr.many borrowings
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Cz.Czechoptoptativem.borrdesc.
many borrowings and descendants
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Dan.Danishornornativem.desc.many descendants
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DigOsst.Digor Ossetianp.prepositionmel.meliorative
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Dlg.Dolganpart.particlemtph.metaphor(ical(ly))
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Drgin.Darginpegpegativen.enc.not encouraged
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Dzong.Dzongkhapergpergressiven.p.not productive
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E.-Eastperlatperlativenatz.nativized, naturalized
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Eest.Estonianpertpertingentneol.neologism, neological
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Egy.Egyptianpfvperfectivenmlz.nominalization
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Enet.Enetsplpluralonom.onomatopoeic
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Eng.Englishpn.pronounorgn.originally
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Èrs.Èrshposspossessivepej.pejorative
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Erzy.Erzyapossdpossessedpœ.poetic
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Etr.Etruscanprivprivativeprf.preferred
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Eus.Basque, Euskaraprolatprolativeprb.probably, likely
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Falsc.Faliscanpselaabsolutivereanl.reanalysis
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Fij.Fijianpsesspostessiverebrck.rebracketing
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Fn.Finnish; Finnicptcparticiples.symb.sound symbolism/symbolic
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Før.Faroeseptvpartitives.symb.w.sound symbolic with
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ForYkgh.Forest/Southern/Kolyma Yukaghirsgsingularsmn.someone
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Fr.Frenchsimilsimilative, semblativesmth.something
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Franc.Franconiansocsociativespcz.specialized
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Fris.FrisianstatstativeTBRto be revised
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Gal.Galiciansubesssubessiveu.i.used in
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Gasc.Gasconsubjsubjunctiveuncm.uncommon
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Gau.Gaulishsubj.subjectusu.usually
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Ger.Germansublatsublativevar.etym.various roots/etymologies
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Ghdbri.Ghodoberi/Godoberisupesssuperessivevblz.verbalization
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Ghlgh.Ingushsuplatsuperlativevid.see
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Gk.Greektemptemporalw.sem.weak semantics
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GrosV.Gros Ventre, ʔɔʔɔɔ̋ɔ́niinénnɔhtermnterminativeXfalse friend, false cognate
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Guer.Guernésiaistrtransitivec.t.connected to
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Gþ.Gothictranstranslative!xhst.
not exhaustive (i.e. many more/other forms associated, e.g. esti)
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H-Highttrtritransitivecrrp., tb.corruption, taboo
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HakChin.Hakka (Chinese)mmiddle voicehpxhapax (legomenon)
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Haw.Hawaiianppassive voiceu.o.msmtunit of measurement
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Hb.Hebrewptc, ptc.participle!DCL.indeclinable
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Hel.Helleniclclzd.
localized, limited to a certain area / certain languages
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Hinq.Hinuq
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Hmng.Hmong
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Hnd.Hindi
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HndUr.Hindi-Urdu, Hindustani
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Hrv.Croatian
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Ht.Hittite
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Htt.Hattian/Hattic
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Hunz.Hunzib
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Hurr.Hurrian