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"Rhymes:Tagalog/aj",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/aj/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ej",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ej/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/i",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/i/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 1-syllable words",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog proper nouns",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"tl:Municipalities of Laguna, Philippines",
"tl:Places in Laguna, Philippines",
"tl:Places in the Philippines"
],
"glosses": [
"Bay (a municipality of Laguna, Philippines)"
],
"links": [
[
"Bay",
"Bay#English"
],
[
"municipality",
"municipality"
],
[
"Laguna",
"Laguna#English"
],
[
"Philippines",
"Philippines#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/baˈʔi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bɐˈʔɪ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-i"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbaj/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbaɪ̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbej/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbeɪ̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ej"
},
{
"ipa": "/baˈʔiʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bɐˈʔɪʔ]"
}
],
"word": "Bay"
}
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