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},
{
"audio": "En-au-jiff.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/En-au-jiff.ogg/En-au-jiff.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/En-au-jiff.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "gif"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪf"
}
],
"word": "jiff"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "jiff",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Somali",
"lang_code": "so",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Somali entries with incorrect language header",
"Somali lemmas",
"Somali verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to lie (on bed, etc)"
],
"links": [
[
"lie",
"lie"
]
]
}
],
"word": "jiff"
}
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