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"ref": "1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner",
"text": "The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth",
"text": "Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)"
}
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"(archaic) ever, always"
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"word": "no"
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"word": "ee aye addio"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ǹg",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "嗯"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duì",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "对"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "shì",
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},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "méicuó",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "没错"
},
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"word": "jawohl"
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"word": "igen"
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"word": "aidhe"
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"word": "ええ"
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"word": "はい"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "sine"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "بله"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"word": "есть"
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"word": "jaa-ääni"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"ref": "1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 14-15",
"text": "till ee zin o'oure daies be var aye be ee-go t'glade.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"ever"
],
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}
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{
"ipa": "/iː/"
}
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}
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"Yoruba lemmas",
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"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"word": "aláyé"
},
{
"word": "ará ayé"
},
{
"word": "Ayé"
},
{
"word": "ayé lọjà, ọ̀run nilé"
},
{
"word": "Ayédọgbọ́n"
},
{
"word": "Ayéfẹ́lẹ́"
},
{
"word": "Ayégbùsì"
},
{
"word": "Ayétòrò"
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{
"word": "Ayéyẹmí"
},
{
"word": "ilé ayé"
},
{
"word": "jayé"
},
{
"word": "Jáyésinmi"
},
{
"word": "láyé"
},
{
"word": "láyé àtijọ́"
},
{
"word": "láéláé"
},
{
"word": "ṣayé"
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{
"word": "wáyé"
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{
"word": "àgbáyé"
}
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"2": "aye"
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"name": "cog"
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"world"
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]
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}
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"tags": [
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"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"english": "to lie",
"word": "ṣàyè"
},
{
"word": "Ifáàláyè"
},
{
"word": "Fáláè"
},
{
"word": "Aóòláyè"
},
{
"word": "Ọbànị̀fọ̀nṣaè"
}
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"tags": [
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"word": "irọ́"
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{
"word": "ụrọ́"
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{
"word": "èké"
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"Ekiti"
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"ipa": "/ā.jè/"
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{
"ipa": "/à.jè/"
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{
"word": "àè"
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{
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{
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"archaic"
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}
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular",
"path": [
"aye"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "aye",
"trace": ""
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular",
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}
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