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aná
Ese Ejja
aná
oso bandera, oso hormiguero gigante
q’ee’shk’
dAXunhyuuga'
q’ee’shk’
Stellar's jay, bluejay
môshwa
Northern Michif
môshwa
moose
Umul
Chalchiteko
Umul
conejo
ma’maya
Werikyana Tiriyó Prtgês Inglês
ma’maya
mamão
la'và
San Sebastián del Monte Mixtec (Tò’on Ndà’vi)
la'và
rana
bexhe
Zapoteco de la sierra norte, San Juan Bautista Atepec, Oaxaca
bexhe
mapache
labada
San Francisco Yateé Zapotec
labada
huaje
nyɪ̀nɛ̀ gbɔ̃́ɔ̃́
Dompo
nyɪ̀nɛ̀ gbɔ̃́ɔ̃́
lion
kipkinyōs
Sengwer
kipkinyōs
mhanga
mbalavala
Kihehe
mbalavala
kipepeo
Zilawa
Kalanga
Zilawa
Kudu
fəngèm
Babanki (Kejom)
fəngèm
gong
ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ wẹrẹ
Owé (a dialect of Yoruba)
ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ wẹrẹ
banana
kaútuútu / hiútuutu
Kihunde
kaútuútu / hiútuutu
chauve-souris
אַרמוֹניֵה
Jewish Neo-Aramaic
אַרמוֹניֵה
רִימּוֹנִים
Iṣ̌mayiṣ̌
Wakhi
Iṣ̌mayiṣ̌
Buffalo
अझण
Haryanvi
अझण
बकरी
oṭṭakaṁ
Malapulaya
oṭṭakaṁ
ऊंट
ဆီနာဟ့်ဗိူအ်းဗိူအ်
Htanaw
ဆီနာဟ့်ဗိူအ်းဗိူအ်
ညှပ်ဖိနပ်
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Everything a dictionary needs

Multimedia entries

Every word can carry audio from named speakers, photos, video, phonetics, and example sentences.

Multilingual definitions

Gloss entries in dozens of regional and national languages so neighbors, schools, and diaspora can all use the dictionary.

Custom keyboards

Type special characters and tone marks with per-dictionary keyboards built for your orthography.

Built for collaboration

Invite managers and contributors. Work together from anywhere, with every change tracked.

Import and export

Bring in existing word lists from spreadsheets and export your data anytime — it's your community's dictionary.

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Turn archives into living data

Agents can help you convert decades of accumulated resources into a living dictionary that your community can search, hear, and share.

1 Start with what you have
A scanned dictionary
a 1994 print edition, locked in a PDF
Old dictionary software
files from any program, in any format
Word lists
spreadsheets with hundreds of entries
Recordings
speakers' voices saved over the years
2 It becomes a Living Dictionary
Ese Ejja · Bolivia, Peru
aná [a.ˈna]
giant anteater · oso bandera
Animals
aná — giant anteater
structured, validated, safely stored
An AI helper — like Claude or ChatGPT — reads your files and types the entries. You review every change.
3 Your community uses it
Searchable online
look up any word, hear it spoken
Learning apps
pull live words straight from your dictionary
Print-ready PDFs
booklets and handouts for the school

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