See Lew on Wiktionary
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"2": "en",
"3": "Lew"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from English Lew",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "呂",
"tr": "Lū"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 呂 /吕 (Lū)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "^劉"
},
"expansion": "劉／刘 (Liú)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "Lao",
"3": "Liu",
"4": "Lu",
"5": "Lou",
"6": "Loo",
"7": "Luy",
"8": "Du"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Lao, Liu, Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Du",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Lew, from Hokkien 呂 /吕 (Lū) and Mandarin 劉／刘 (Liú). Doublet of Lao, Liu, Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Du.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜎᜓ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
"form": "Liu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Leow",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Lu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "lu"
},
"expansion": "Lew (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)",
"name": "tl-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/u",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/u/1 syllable",
"Tagalog 1-syllable words",
"Tagalog doublets",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog proper nouns",
"Tagalog surnames",
"Tagalog surnames from Hokkien",
"Tagalog surnames from Mandarin",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from English",
"Tagalog terms derived from English",
"Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms derived from Mandarin",
"Tagalog terms where syllabification alignment failed",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a surname from Hokkien or Mandarin"
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlu/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlʊ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
"word": "Lew"
}
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