"hehe" meaning in All languages combined

See hehe on Wiktionary

Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang Synonyms: (gei¹), (gei1), gay
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-adj-WGrLPGus Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay; male homosexual Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-noun-M9p-ycfa Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, of males) to engage in homosexual activities Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang Synonyms: 搞基 (gaau² gei¹), 搞基 (gaau2 gei1) Coordinate_terms: sheshe (english: lesbian)
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-verb-nAl-dkBR Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 95 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 3 3 94

Interjection [English]

IPA: /hɛhɛ~hihi/ Audio: en-us-hehe.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hehe}} Middle English hehe, {{inh|en|ang|he he}} Old English he he Head templates: {{en-interj}} hehe
  1. An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle. Synonyms: he-he, hee-hee Related terms: haha, lol, teehee Translations (sound of a giggle): he he (Catalan), 嘿嘿 (hēihēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 哈哈 (hāhā) (Chinese Mandarin), hehee (Finnish), héhé (French), hihi (German), haha (German), hehe [neuter] (Icelandic), haha [neuter] (Icelandic), 呵呵 (kaka) (alt: かか) (Japanese), わはは (wahaha) (Japanese), あはは (ahaha) (Japanese), hehe (Portuguese), hihi (Portuguese), хе-хе́ (xe-xé) (Russian), ха-ха́ (xa-xá) (Russian), jeje (Spanish), hehe (Swedish), haha (Turkish), hehe (Turkish), hihi (Turkish)

Romanization [Manchu]

Head templates: {{head|mnc|romanization|sc=Latn}} hehe
  1. Romanization of ᡥᡝᡥᡝ Tags: alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ᡥᡝᡥᡝ

Interjection [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|interjection|head=hehe|sort=}} hehe, {{pt-interj}} hehe
  1. hehe (sound of a giggle)
    Sense id: en-hehe-pt-intj-uadG-I6B Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Rapa Nui]

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Samoan fe'e, Hawaiian heʻe, Tongan feke. Etymology templates: {{inh|rap|poz-pol-pro|*feke}} Proto-Polynesian *feke, {{cog|mi|wheke}} Maori wheke, {{cog|sm|fe'e}} Samoan fe'e, {{cog|haw|heʻe}} Hawaiian heʻe, {{cog|to|feke}} Tongan feke Head templates: {{head|rap|noun}} hehe
  1. octopus
    Sense id: en-hehe-rap-noun-VjPJuK9t Categories (other): Rapa Nui entries with incorrect language header

Interjection [Romanian]

Head templates: {{head|ro|interjection}} hehe
  1. Alternative form of hei Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hei
    Sense id: en-hehe-ro-intj-4Vzlw5oq Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Interjection [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} hehe
  1. hehe Related terms: fniss (english: a half-suppressed laugh), höhö (english: huehue), tihi (english: tee hee)
    Sense id: en-hehe-sv-intj-Dr4uyoAM Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for hehe meaning in All languages combined (11.9kB)

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        "2": "wheke"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "fe'e"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan fe'e",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "heʻe"
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        "1": "to",
        "2": "feke"
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "noun"
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          "name": "Rapa Nui entries with incorrect language header",
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}

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        "2": "interjection"
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      "expansion": "hehe",
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  "lang_code": "ro",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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}

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        "2": "interjection"
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      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        }
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        "hehe"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hehe",
          "hehe#English"
        ]
      ],
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          "english": "a half-suppressed laugh",
          "word": "fniss"
        },
        {
          "english": "huehue",
          "word": "höhö"
        },
        {
          "english": "tee hee",
          "word": "tihi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "he",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular masculine pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese neologisms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hī hī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "gei¹",
      "word": "基"
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    {
      "roman": "gei1",
      "word": "基"
    },
    {
      "word": "gay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "he",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular masculine pronoun"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
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    }
  ],
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        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
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        [
          "male",
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      ],
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        "Cantonese",
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        "slang"
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    }
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hī hī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "lesbian",
      "word": "sheshe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue"
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      "expansion": "Reduplication",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
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        "2": "en",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese neologisms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
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      "glosses": [
        "to engage in homosexual activities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, of males) to engage in homosexual activities"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "of males"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "neologism",
        "slang"
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    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hī hī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹ hi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gaau² gei¹",
      "word": "搞基"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gaau2 gei1",
      "word": "搞基"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "hehe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English hehe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "he he"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English he he",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "haha"
    },
    {
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "word": "teehee"
    }
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        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "And then his trousers fell down, hehe."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mischievous",
          "mischievous"
        ],
        [
          "giggle",
          "giggle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛhɛ~hihi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hehe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/En-us-hehe.ogg/En-us-hehe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/En-us-hehe.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "he-he"
    },
    {
      "word": "hee-hee"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "he he"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēihēi",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "嘿嘿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hāhā",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "哈哈"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hehee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "héhé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "haha"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "haha"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaka",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "呵呵"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wahaha",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "わはは"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ahaha",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "あはは"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xe-xé",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "хе-хе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xa-xá",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "ха-ха́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "jeje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "haha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound of a giggle",
      "word": "hihi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

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        "2": "romanization",
        "sc": "Latn"
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      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "romanization",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "ᡥᡝᡥᡝ"
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        "Manchu non-lemma forms",
        "Manchu romanizations",
        "Manchu terms with redundant script codes"
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      "glosses": [
        "Romanization of ᡥᡝᡥᡝ"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "ᡥᡝᡥᡝ#Manchu"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
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    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "hehe",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "pt-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese interjections",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hehe (sound of a giggle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hehe",
          "hehe#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*feke"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *feke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "wheke"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori wheke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "fe'e"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan fe'e",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "heʻe"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian heʻe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "feke"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan feke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Samoan fe'e, Hawaiian heʻe, Tongan feke.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rapa Nui",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Rapa Nui lemmas",
        "Rapa Nui nouns",
        "Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian"
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      "glosses": [
        "octopus"
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        [
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          "octopus"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "interjection"
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      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hei"
        }
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        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian interjections",
        "Romanian lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of hei"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "hei#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "hehe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "a half-suppressed laugh",
      "word": "fniss"
    },
    {
      "english": "huehue",
      "word": "höhö"
    },
    {
      "english": "tee hee",
      "word": "tihi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish interjections",
        "Swedish lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hehe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hehe",
          "hehe#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hehe"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: with as many \"he\"s as necessary to best delineate the length of laughter",
  "path": [
    "hehe"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "hehe",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "hehe"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "hehe",
  "trace": ""
}

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