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"lang_code": "irk",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"sense": "camel",
"word": "angamia"
},
{
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"lang_code": "ttj",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"sense": "camel; horse",
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},
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"borrowed"
],
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}
],
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[
"جَمَل",
"جمل#Arabic"
],
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"ngamila",
"ngamila#Yao_(Africa)"
],
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"ngamira",
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]
],
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{
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"2": "ar",
"3": "جَمَل"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "ny",
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"class-x",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "ngamia class IX (plural ngamia class X)",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "57 43",
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],
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],
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],
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{
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"poetic"
],
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}
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}
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"idiot"
],
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],
[
"idiot",
"idiot"
]
],
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"(derogatory) idiot"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ng'ombe"
}
],
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"class-ix",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ᵑɡɑˈmi.ɑ/",
"note": "Unguja standard"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/Sw-ke-ngamia.flac/Sw-ke-ngamia.flac.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "ngamia"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class IX nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"borrowed"
],
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"borrowed"
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"جَمَل",
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],
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"ngamila",
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],
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"ngamira",
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]
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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}
],
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"class-x",
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],
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[
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],
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"poetic"
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"idiot",
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"(derogatory) idiot"
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}
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"class-ix",
"derogatory"
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"note": "Unguja standard"
},
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"tags": [
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}
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