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{
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "babaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲, definite babaka, 3rd person possessive babaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ba",
"baʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "babakkang"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a dark brown or purplish birthmark or skin patch, especially on the face (such as a port-wine stain or nevus)"
],
"id": "en-babaʼ-mak-noun-eOh84Jqw",
"links": [
[
"birthmark",
"birthmark"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbabaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "babaʼ"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "ms",
"3": "baba"
},
"expansion": "Malay baba",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "nan-xia",
"3": "峇峇",
"tr": "bā-bā"
},
"expansion": "Xiamen Hokkien 峇峇 (bā-bā)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay baba / Xiamen Hokkien 峇峇 (bā-bā).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "babaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲, definite babaka, 3rd person possessive babaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ba",
"baʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Makasar entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 72",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Makasar terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 61",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "paʼbabakkang"
},
{
"sense": "reduplications",
"word": "babaʼ-babaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ caʼdi"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ jawa"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ lompo"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ manado"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ mantu"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ tannga"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ tinggi"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a Peranakan Chinese man; an Indo-Chinese man"
],
"id": "en-babaʼ-mak-noun-KObT4M18",
"links": [
[
"Peranakan",
"Peranakan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Chinese-Makasar) a Peranakan Chinese man; an Indo-Chinese man"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "angko"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbabaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "babaʼ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Makasar entries with incorrect language header",
"Makasar lemmas",
"Makasar nouns",
"Makasar terms borrowed from Malay",
"Makasar terms borrowed from Xiamen Hokkien",
"Makasar terms derived from Malay",
"Makasar terms derived from Xiamen Hokkien",
"Makasar terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "babakkang"
}
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "babaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲, definite babaka, 3rd person possessive babaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ba",
"baʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a dark brown or purplish birthmark or skin patch, especially on the face (such as a port-wine stain or nevus)"
],
"links": [
[
"birthmark",
"birthmark"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbabaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "babaʼ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Makasar entries with incorrect language header",
"Makasar lemmas",
"Makasar nouns",
"Makasar terms borrowed from Malay",
"Makasar terms borrowed from Xiamen Hokkien",
"Makasar terms derived from Malay",
"Makasar terms derived from Xiamen Hokkien",
"Makasar terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "paʼbabakkang"
},
{
"sense": "reduplications",
"word": "babaʼ-babaʼ"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ caʼdi"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ jawa"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ lompo"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ manado"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ mantu"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ tannga"
},
{
"sense": "compounds",
"word": "babaʼ tinggi"
}
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "ms",
"3": "baba"
},
"expansion": "Malay baba",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mak",
"2": "nan-xia",
"3": "峇峇",
"tr": "bā-bā"
},
"expansion": "Xiamen Hokkien 峇峇 (bā-bā)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay baba / Xiamen Hokkien 峇峇 (bā-bā).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "babaka",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "babaʼna",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "babaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲, definite babaka, 3rd person possessive babaʼna)",
"name": "mak-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ba",
"baʼ"
]
}
],
"lang": "Makasar",
"lang_code": "mak",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "angko"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a Peranakan Chinese man; an Indo-Chinese man"
],
"links": [
[
"Peranakan",
"Peranakan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Chinese-Makasar) a Peranakan Chinese man; an Indo-Chinese man"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbabaʔ/"
}
],
"word": "babaʼ"
}
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