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"1": "es",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "",
"4": "*buccĕus",
"t": "relating or belonging to the mouth"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin *buccĕus (“relating or belonging to the mouth”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "bucca"
},
"expansion": "bucca",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin *buccĕus (“relating or belonging to the mouth”). See bucca for more.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bozos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "bozo m (plural bozos)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bo‧zo"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bozal"
},
{
"word": "buces"
},
{
"word": "embozalar"
},
{
"word": "embozar"
},
{
"word": "embozo"
},
{
"word": "lanugo"
},
{
"word": "vello"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"down, peach fuzz (soft hair on the upper lip)"
],
"links": [
[
"down",
"down"
],
[
"peach fuzz",
"peach fuzz"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"muzzle, mouth (exterior part of the mouth)"
],
"links": [
[
"muzzle",
"muzzle"
],
[
"mouth",
"mouth"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"halter (for leading horses)"
],
"links": [
[
"halter",
"halter"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈboθo/",
"tags": [
"Spain"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbo.θo]",
"tags": [
"Spain"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈboso/",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbo.so]",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
]
}
],
"word": "bozo"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tao",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "bozo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yami",
"lang_code": "tao",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yami entries with incorrect language header",
"Yami lemmas",
"Yami nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"ball"
],
"links": [
[
"ball",
"ball"
]
]
}
],
"word": "bozo"
}
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