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"lang": "Aymara",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "mut'i"
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "bił haʼnigáhí"
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "gijikonayezigan"
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
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"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
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"word": "hominy"
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