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},
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},
{
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English chef, from French chef, from Old French chief (“head, leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”), from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.",
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"form": "چيف",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "cef-cef",
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},
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},
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],
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"hotel"
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"chef",
"chef"
]
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"word": "ketua jurumasak"
}
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},
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"ipa": "[ʃɛf]"
},
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"args": {
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"4": "",
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kauput-",
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"Rhymes:Malay/ɛf",
"Rhymes:Malay/ɛf/1 syllable"
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"The head cook at a hotel, restaurant, and other places; a chef."
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"ipa": "[ʃɛf]"
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}
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