maaga in Jamaican Creole

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{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "maaga"
      },
      "expansion": "maaga",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maaga",
      "name": "jam-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mawga"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Mel Cooke, “Story of the song | Dogs, fowls and pets”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)",
          "text": "“Tosh uses the sound of a hound in Maga Dog, his song built upon the Jamaican proverb about ingratitude and treachery, Tosh singing, \"sorry fi maaga dog, him tun roun' bite you\". As he sings, the dog interrupts with a bark and Tosh, \"same r....s ting me tell yu\". […]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of mawga."
      ],
      "id": "en-maaga-jam-adj-TKxaQMLv",
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        [
          "mawga",
          "mawga#Jamaican Creole"
        ]
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maaga"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "maaga"
      },
      "expansion": "maaga",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maaga",
      "name": "jam-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mawga"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Jamaican Creole adjectives",
        "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Mel Cooke, “Story of the song | Dogs, fowls and pets”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)",
          "text": "“Tosh uses the sound of a hound in Maga Dog, his song built upon the Jamaican proverb about ingratitude and treachery, Tosh singing, \"sorry fi maaga dog, him tun roun' bite you\". As he sings, the dog interrupts with a bark and Tosh, \"same r....s ting me tell yu\". […]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of mawga."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mawga",
          "mawga#Jamaican Creole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maaga"
}

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"maaga" meaning in Jamaican Creole

Adjective