See gofer on Wiktionary
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾ",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ofeɾ",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ofeɾ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/opeɾ",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/opeɾ/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from English",
"Tagalog terms derived from Biblical Hebrew",
"Tagalog terms derived from English",
"Tagalog terms spelled with F",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"Tagalog terms with quotations",
"tl:Bible",
"tl:Woods"
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35
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"english": "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.",
"ref": "1905, Ang Dating Biblia, Genesis 6:14:",
"text": "Gumawa ka ng isang sasakyang kahoy na gofer; gagawa ka ng mga silid sa sasakyan, at iyong sisiksikan sa loob at sa labas ng sahing.",
"translation": "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"gopher wood"
],
"links": [
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"gopher wood",
"gopher wood"
]
],
"topics": [
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
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}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡofeɾ/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡoː.fɛɾ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡoˈfeɾ/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡoˈfɛɾ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡopeɾ/",
"note": "with nativization"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡoː.pɛɾ]",
"note": "with nativization"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡoˈpeɾ/",
"note": "with nativization"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡoˈpɛɾ]",
"note": "with nativization"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ofeɾ"
},
{
"rhymes": "(with nativization) -opeɾ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɾ"
}
],
"word": "gofer"
}
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