See kuwan on Wiktionary
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}
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},
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}
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"so-and-so"
],
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]
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"word": "kuyan"
},
{
"word": "ano"
}
]
}
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},
{
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}
],
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"2": "poz-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "to speak, talk"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
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"3": "",
"4": "what is said or thought"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "pam",
"2": "kayi"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "sa",
"3": "क्व",
"4": "",
"5": "somewhere"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "cuál",
"4": "",
"5": "what"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cuan"
},
"expansion": "Spanish cuan",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly either from the following:\n* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuan (“to speak, talk”), or derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kua (“whatchamacallit”). Cognate with Ilocano kua, Cebuano kuan, Bikol Central kuwan, Tausug kuwan, Karo Batak er-kuan (“to speak”), and Tontemboan kuan (“what is said or thought”). See also Kapampangan kayi.\n* From Sanskrit क्व (kva, “somewhere”), according to Potet (2016).\n* From a corruption of Spanish cuál (“what”), according to Panganiban (1973). See also Spanish cuan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuwán",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
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"1": "kuwán",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kuwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
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"ku‧wan"
],
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"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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{
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"word": "kumuwan"
},
{
"word": "magkuwan"
},
{
"word": "magpakuwan"
},
{
"word": "makikuwan"
}
],
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{
"english": "Did you see the guy? Because he's supposed to send my thing to the place.",
"text": "Nakita mo ba si kuwan? Ipapadala niya kasi dapat yung kuwan ko sa kuwan.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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[
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],
[
"whatchamacallit",
"whatchamacallit"
]
],
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"word": "ano"
}
],
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},
{
"word": "eme"
},
{
"word": "kiyeme"
},
{
"word": "coan"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"word": "Spanish-based orthography"
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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"b": "+"
},
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"so-and-so",
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[
"whatchamacallit",
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"word": "kuyan"
},
{
"word": "ano"
}
]
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},
{
"ipa": "[kuˈwan̪]"
}
],
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}
{
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{
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},
{
"word": "magkuwan"
},
{
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"word": "makikuwan"
}
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"3": "",
"4": "to speak"
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "what is said or thought"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "kayi"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "sa",
"3": "क्व",
"4": "",
"5": "somewhere"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "cuál",
"4": "",
"5": "what"
},
"expansion": "Spanish cuál (“what”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "cuan"
},
"expansion": "Spanish cuan",
"name": "cog"
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"forms": [
{
"form": "kuwán",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "kuwán",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kuwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
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],
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"lang_code": "tl",
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{
"word": "ano"
}
],
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{
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"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
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{
"english": "Did you see the guy? Because he's supposed to send my thing to the place.",
"text": "Nakita mo ba si kuwan? Ipapadala niya kasi dapat yung kuwan ko sa kuwan.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"whatchamacallit",
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]
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"word": "ano"
},
{
"word": "eme"
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}
]
}
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-an"
}
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "couan"
},
{
"word": "Spanish-based orthography"
}
],
"word": "kuwan"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔",
"path": [
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"section": "Bikol Central",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "kuwan",
"trace": ""
}
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