See gwa on Wiktionary
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"グァ",
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"グヮ",
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"elephant"
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"to fall"
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"fall",
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]
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"word": "-gwera"
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"word": "-gwetsa"
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"english": "to rain",
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"verb"
],
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"to fall"
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"head": "",
"sc": "Latn"
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{
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"The katakana syllable グァ (gwa) in Hepburn-like romanization."
],
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[
"グァ",
"グァ#Japanese"
],
[
"Hepburn",
"Hepburn"
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{
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"The katakana syllable グヮ (gwa) in Hepburn-like romanization."
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[
"グヮ",
"グヮ#Japanese"
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[
"Hepburn",
"Hepburn"
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"Komo lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
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"elephant"
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"elephant",
"elephant"
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"2": "noun"
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"water"
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"water",
"water"
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-gʊ̀a",
"t": "to fall"
},
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],
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},
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"to fall"
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"fall",
"fall"
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"Shona class 5 nouns",
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"Shona nouns",
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[
"igwa",
"igwa#Shona"
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],
"word": "gwa"
}
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