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"ipa": "[naj˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[naj˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[na(ː)j˧˧]",
"note": "Saigon"
},
{
"audio": "Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg"
}
],
"word": "nay"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Vietnamese adjectives",
"Vietnamese adverbs",
"Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
"Vietnamese lemmas",
"Vietnamese nouns",
"Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "nay mai"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with này.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "尼",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
},
{
"form": "𫢩",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
},
{
"form": "𬁉",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
},
{
"form": "𠉞",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"head": "",
"tr": "尼, 𫢩, 𬁉, 𠉞"
},
"expansion": "nay • (尼, 𫢩, 𬁉, 𠉞)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "尼, 𫢩, 𬁉, 𠉞"
},
"expansion": "nay • (尼, 𫢩, 𬁉, 𠉞)",
"name": "vi-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"english": "this",
"word": "này"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "today",
"word": "hôm nay"
}
],
"categories": [
"Vietnamese clippings"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of hôm nay (“today”)"
],
"links": [
[
"hôm nay",
"hôm nay#Vietnamese"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "today",
"word": "bữa nay"
}
],
"categories": [
"Vietnamese clippings"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of bữa nay (“today”)"
],
"links": [
[
"bữa nay",
"bữa nay#Vietnamese"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[naj˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[naj˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[na(ː)j˧˧]",
"note": "Saigon"
},
{
"audio": "Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Vi-hanoi-m-nay.ogg"
}
],
"word": "nay"
}
Download raw JSONL data for nay meaning in All languages combined (34.0kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'term of address'",
"path": [
"nay"
],
"section": "Abau",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nay",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'term of reference'",
"path": [
"nay"
],
"section": "Abau",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nay",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: Kana spelling ナィ",
"path": [
"nay"
],
"section": "Ainu",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nay",
"trace": ""
}
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