See Mei on Wiktionary
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"3": "May"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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},
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},
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}
],
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"Pages with entries"
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],
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"May"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
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"plural"
]
}
],
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"4": "Meien",
"g": "m"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"Plautdietsch proper nouns",
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],
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"May"
],
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[
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"May"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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"2": "en",
"3": "May"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
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{
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"1": "sw",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Mei",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "name",
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{
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"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili proper nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from English",
"Swahili terms derived from English"
],
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"May"
],
"links": [
[
"May",
"May"
]
]
}
],
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"audio": "Sw-ke-Mei.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/Sw-ke-Mei.flac/Sw-ke-Mei.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/Sw-ke-Mei.flac/Sw-ke-Mei.flac.ogg"
}
],
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}
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"2": "en",
"3": "May"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tpi",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Mei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
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"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
"Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Tok Pisin proper nouns",
"Tok Pisin terms derived from English"
],
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"May (month)"
],
"links": [
[
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"May"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "寐",
"2": "",
"3": "sleep"
},
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"name": "zh-l"
}
],
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{
"form": "†Mei",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"g": "?",
"g2": "",
"head": "Mei",
"nogendercat": "1"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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"english": "sole species",
"sense": "genus",
"word": "†Mei long"
}
],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
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],
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"A taxonomic genus within the family Troodontidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
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],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Troodontidae",
"Troodontidae#Translingual"
],
[
"theropod",
"theropod"
],
[
"dinosaur",
"dinosaur"
],
[
"Cretaceous",
"Cretaceous"
],
[
"China",
"China"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Mei"
}
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