See lawe on Wiktionary
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-au̯(ə)"
}
],
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}
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"msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '. ': lawé. Romanization of ꦭꦮꦺ",
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"section": "Javanese",
"subsection": "romanization",
"title": "lawe",
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}
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