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"roman": "ṣafara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَرَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣaffara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَّرَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "sulel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "սուլել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "švacʻnel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "շվացնել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "shuir"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluir"}, {"code": "as", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "xuhuria", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সুহুৰিয়া"}, {"code": "as", "english": "loud", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "ukia", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "উকিয়া"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "xiblar"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fit çalmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"}, {"code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "hıźğırıw", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "һыҙғырыу"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "txistu egin"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "svistácʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свіста́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi mara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি মারা"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi bajan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি বাজান"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "svírkam", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], 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"word": "sızğırmaq"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískat"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sublar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fløjte"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fajfi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vilistama"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siffler"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "šivîlâ"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "asubiar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chifrar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sṭvena", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "სტვენა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pfeifen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flöten"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "surízō", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "συρίζω"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hōkio"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sharák", "sense": "to produce a whistling 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"Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "whio"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "by the wind", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "rorowhio"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī mārṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी मारणे"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी वाजवणे"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "isgerex", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "исгэрэх"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "suselnu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सुसेल्नु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "siṭī bajāunu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सिटी बजाउनु"}, {"code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sûfflier"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "plystre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": 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"lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": 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"roman": "ṣafara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَرَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣaffara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَّرَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "sulel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "սուլել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "švacʻnel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "շվացնել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "shuir"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluir"}, {"code": "as", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "xuhuria", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সুহুৰিয়া"}, {"code": "as", "english": "loud", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "ukia", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "উকিয়া"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "xiblar"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fit çalmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"}, {"code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "hıźğırıw", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "һыҙғырыу"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "txistu egin"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "svistácʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свіста́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi mara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি মারা"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi bajan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি বাজান"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "svírkam", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], 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{"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "asubiar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chifrar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sṭvena", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "სტვენა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pfeifen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flöten"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "surízō", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "συρίζω"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hōkio"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sharák", "sense": "to produce a whistling 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"Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "whio"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "by the wind", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "rorowhio"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī mārṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी मारणे"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी वाजवणे"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "isgerex", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "исгэрэх"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "suselnu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सुसेल्नु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "siṭī bajāunu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सिटी बजाउनु"}, {"code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sûfflier"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "plystre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "friscari"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zvižgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "silbar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chiflar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chuflar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vissla"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "huštak kašidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ҳуштак кашидан"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "īlavēyu", "sense": "to produce a whistling 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{"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "asubiar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chifrar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sṭvena", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "სტვენა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pfeifen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flöten"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "surízō", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "συρίζω"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hōkio"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sharák", "sense": "to produce a whistling 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"lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": 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"word": "huýt gió"}, {"code": "wym", "lang": "Vilamovian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "wyspułn"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chwibanu"}, {"code": "zro", "lang": "Záparo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "uníninu"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a 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"roman": "ṣafara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَرَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣaffara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "صَفَّرَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "sulel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "սուլել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "švacʻnel", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "շվացնել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "shuir"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluir"}, {"code": "as", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "xuhuria", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সুহুৰিয়া"}, {"code": "as", "english": "loud", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "ukia", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "উকিয়া"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "xiblar"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fit çalmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"}, {"code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "hıźğırıw", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "һыҙғырыу"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "txistu egin"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "svistácʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свіста́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi mara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি মারা"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi bajan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি বাজান"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "svírkam", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "сви́ркам"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "lehkywan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "လေချွန်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "xiular"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "awasvhasga", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ᎠᏩᏒᎭᏍᎦ"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "ceoi¹ hau² saau³", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "吹口哨"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "chuī kǒushào", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "吹口哨"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "míngdí", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "鳴笛 /鸣笛"}, {"code": "chk", "lang": "Chuukese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ouwa"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwibana"}, {"code": "crh", "lang": "Crimean Tatar", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sızğırmaq"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískat"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sublar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fløjte"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fajfi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vilistama"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siffler"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "šivîlâ"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "asubiar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chifrar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sṭvena", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "სტვენა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pfeifen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flöten"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "surízō", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "συρίζω"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hōkio"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sharák", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "שָׁרַק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "sīṭī denā", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सीटी देना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fütyül"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flauta"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siflar"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bersiul"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sibilar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "lig fead"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bí ag feadaíl"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fischiare"}, {"alt": "くちぶえをふく", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kuchibue o fuku", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "口笛を吹く"}, {"code": "kea", "lang": "Kabuverdianu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "zibia"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ysqyru", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ысқыру"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "houch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ហួច"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hwiparam-eul bulda", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "휘파람을 불다"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "ışkıruu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ышкыруу"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thiu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ຖິວ"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thiu pāk", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ຖິວປາກ"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "phiu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ຜິວ"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sībilō"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "svilpt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "švilpti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "päifen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "sviri", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свири"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "svirka", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свирка"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siul"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bersiul"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "saffar"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "whio"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "by the wind", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "rorowhio"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī mārṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी मारणे"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी वाजवणे"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "isgerex", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "исгэрэх"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "suselnu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सुसेल्नु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "siṭī bajāunu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सिटी बजाउनु"}, {"code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sûfflier"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "plystre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "friscari"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zvižgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "silbar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chiflar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chuflar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vissla"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "huštak kašidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ҳуштак кашидан"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "īlavēyu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ఈలవేయు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fu'i"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "pǐu-bpàak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ผิวปาก"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "bpào-bpàak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "เป่าปาก"}, {"code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "shu brgyab", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ཤུ་བརྒྱབ"}, {"code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "shu rgyag", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ཤུ་རྒྱག"}, {"code": "to", "lang": "Tongan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ıslık çalmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sygyrmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "çyrryldamak"}, {"code": "uga", "lang": "Ugaritic", "roman": "ṣpr", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "𐎕𐎔𐎗"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "svystíty", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисті́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "sjurčáty", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "сюрча́ти"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "üshtek chalmaq", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ئۈشتەك چالماق"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "gho'nguldimaq", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "غوڭۇلدىماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hushtak chalmoq"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt sáo"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt gió"}, {"code": "wym", "lang": "Vilamovian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "wyspułn"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chwibanu"}, {"code": "zro", "lang": "Záparo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "uníninu"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "fütyül"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "sivít"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prosvistétʹ", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "просвисте́ть"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "silbar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "chuflar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "vissla"}], 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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fit çalmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"}, {"code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "hıźğırıw", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "һыҙғырыу"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "txistu egin"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "svistácʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свіста́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi mara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি মারা"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śiṭi bajan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "সিটি বাজান"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "svírkam", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], 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"word": "sızğırmaq"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískat"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sublar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fløjte"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fajfi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vilistama"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siffler"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "šivîlâ"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "asubiar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chifrar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "sṭvena", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "სტვენა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pfeifen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flöten"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "surízō", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "συρίζω"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hōkio"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sharák", "sense": "to produce a whistling 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"Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "whio"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "by the wind", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "rorowhio"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī mārṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी मारणे"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी वाजवणे"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "isgerex", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "исгэрэх"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "suselnu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सुसेल्नु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "siṭī bajāunu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सिटी बजाउनु"}, {"code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sûfflier"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "plystre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": 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sound", "word": "שָׁרַק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "sīṭī denā", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सीटी देना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fütyül"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "flauta"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siflar"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bersiul"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sibilar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "lig fead"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bí ag feadaíl"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": 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whistling sound", "word": "ຜິວ"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sībilō"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "svilpt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "švilpti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "päifen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "sviri", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свири"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "svirka", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свирка"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siul"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "bersiul"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "saffar"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "whio"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "by the wind", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "rorowhio"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī mārṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी मारणे"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "शिटी वाजवणे"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "isgerex", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "исгэрэх"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "suselnu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सुसेल्नु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "siṭī bajāunu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "सिटी बजाउनु"}, {"code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sûfflier"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "plystre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "siblar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fiular"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hwistlian"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sut zadan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "سوت زدن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šepelidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "شپلیدن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "utinmananyi"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "gwizdać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "świstać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assobiar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with one’s mouth", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "assoviar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "note": "with a whistle", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "apitar"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huywiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fluiera"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "șuiera"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tgular"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "schivlar"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüvler"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "tschüblar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svístnutʹ", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "сви́стнуть"}, {"code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "dèan fead"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fead"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "звиждати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "friscari"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "pískať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zvižgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "silbar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chiflar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "pitar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chuflar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "vissla"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "huštak kašidan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ҳуштак кашидан"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "īlavēyu", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ఈలవేయు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "fu'i"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "pǐu-bpàak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ผิวปาก"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "bpào-bpàak", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "เป่าปาก"}, {"code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "shu brgyab", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ཤུ་བརྒྱབ"}, {"code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "shu rgyag", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ཤུ་རྒྱག"}, {"code": "to", "lang": "Tongan", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "mapu"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ıslık çalmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "sygyrmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "çyrryldamak"}, {"code": "uga", "lang": "Ugaritic", "roman": "ṣpr", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "𐎕𐎔𐎗"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "svystíty", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисті́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "sjurčáty", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "сюрча́ти"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "üshtek chalmaq", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "ئۈشتەك چالماق"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "gho'nguldimaq", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "غوڭۇلدىماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "hushtak chalmoq"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt sáo"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "huýt gió"}, {"code": "wym", "lang": "Vilamovian", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "wyspułn"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "chwibanu"}, {"code": "zro", "lang": "Záparo", "sense": "to produce a whistling sound", "word": "uníninu"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "c'hwitellat"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "hvisle"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "fluiten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "viheltää"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfyrízo", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "σφυρίζω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "fütyül"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "sivít"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svistétʹ", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "свисте́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prosvistétʹ", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "просвисте́ть"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "zviždati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "silbar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "chuflar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound", "word": "vissla"}], "word": "whistle"}
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