See ciaula on Wiktionary
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"la"
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},
{
"_dis": "19 22 30 26 2",
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"english": "She has hair of the colour of crows.",
"ref": "1785 – 1787, Giovanni Meli, Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza 7.71",
"text": "’Avi […] li capiddi a culuri di li ciauli[…].",
"translation": "She has hair of the colour of crows.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Various black cawing birds:"
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"crow",
"crow"
],
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"Corvus corone#Translingual"
]
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"Various black cawing birds:",
"magpie (Pica pica)"
],
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],
[
"Pica pica",
"Pica pica#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "carcarazza"
}
],
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"feminine"
]
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"Various black cawing birds:",
"jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)"
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"jackdaw",
"jackdaw"
],
[
"Coloeus monedula",
"Coloeus monedula#Translingual"
]
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],
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"chatterbox"
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],
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"(figuratively) chatterbox (talkative person)"
],
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"ipa": "/ˈʃaw.la/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃaw.la]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃa.ʊ.la]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃa.vʊ.la]"
}
],
"word": "ciaula"
}
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"Sicilian feminine nouns",
"Sicilian lemmas",
"Sicilian nouns",
"Sicilian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Sicilian terms suffixed with -ula",
"Sicilian terms with unknown etymologies"
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "ciola"
},
"expansion": "Tarantino ciola",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "çore"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "cog"
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"name": "suf"
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"ref": "1785 – 1787, Giovanni Meli, Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza 7.71",
"text": "’Avi […] li capiddi a culuri di li ciauli[…].",
"translation": "She has hair of the colour of crows.",
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}
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"Various black cawing birds"
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"Various black cawing birds:"
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"Pica pica",
"Pica pica#Translingual"
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"ipa": "/ˈʃaw.la/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃaw.la]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃa.ʊ.la]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃa.vʊ.la]"
}
],
"word": "ciaula"
}
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