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{
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of the abbreviation KIA (killed in action).",
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}
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},
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},
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}
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{
"ref": "1940s, Sam Glanzman, \"The Kiyi\", in Our Army at War #258, July 1973",
"text": "You know that Doc's been treating him for melancholy and depression... ever since he got that kiyi about his son... … Kiyi: K.I.A.: Killed In Action letter from the War Dept."
}
],
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"An official letter informing of a person killed in action."
],
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],
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"killed in action"
]
],
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"(US military slang) An official letter informing of a person killed in action."
],
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],
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"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
],
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paxaválʹnaja",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пахава́льная"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poxorónka",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "poxorónnaja",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нная"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxorónna",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нна"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "poxorónka",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нка"
}
]
}
],
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}
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"tags": [
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}
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"this, these"
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]
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"(dialectal) this, these"
],
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{
"word": "iki"
},
{
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],
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}
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}
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"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"key"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkí.ji/"
}
],
"word": "kiyi"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of the abbreviation KIA (killed in action).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kiyis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "kiyi (plural kiyis)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English nouns",
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"en:Death",
"en:Military",
"en:People",
"en:War"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1940s, Sam Glanzman, \"The Kiyi\", in Our Army at War #258, July 1973",
"text": "You know that Doc's been treating him for melancholy and depression... ever since he got that kiyi about his son... … Kiyi: K.I.A.: Killed In Action letter from the War Dept."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An official letter informing of a person killed in action."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"killed in action",
"killed in action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US military slang) An official letter informing of a person killed in action."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paxaválʹnaja",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пахава́льная"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poxorónka",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poxorónnaja",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нная"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxorónna",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нна"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxorónka",
"sense": "an official letter informing of a person killed in action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "похоро́нка"
}
],
"word": "kiyi"
}
{
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"2": "determiner"
},
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],
"lang": "Javanese",
"lang_code": "jv",
"pos": "det",
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"Javanese dialectal terms",
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"this, these"
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"(dialectal) this, these"
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]
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "iki"
},
{
"tags": [
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}
],
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}
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