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}
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"(Malaysia, Singapore) A roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a restaurant that sells similar foods."
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"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"A Tamil Muslim"
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"Muslim",
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"(Malaysia, Singapore) A Tamil Muslim"
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"Singapore"
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}
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"args": {
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"2": "-",
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},
"expansion": "→ Chinese:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese:"
},
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"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "嘛嘛",
"sc": "Hani",
"tr": "maa3 maa3"
},
"expansion": "Cantonese: 嘛嘛 (maa3 maa3)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cantonese: 嘛嘛 (maa3 maa3)"
},
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}
],
"text": "Mandarin: 嘛嘛 (mama)"
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}
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"text": "→ English: mamak"
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"1": "id",
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},
"expansion": "Indonesian: mamak",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"3": "மாமா",
"sc": "Taml"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
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"1": "te",
"2": "మామ",
"sc": "Telu"
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},
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"1": "hi",
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"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
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"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *mama(ʔ)",
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},
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"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *amax",
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{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "mamak"
},
"expansion": "mamak",
"name": "l"
},
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"args": {
"1": "kvr",
"2": "mamak"
},
"expansion": "Kerinci mamak",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "kvb",
"2": "mamok"
},
"expansion": "Kubu mamok",
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"1": "tl",
"2": "mama"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog mama",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Several etymologies have been proposed:\n* Borrowed from Tamil மாமா (māmā). Compare Telugu మామ (māma).\n* Borrowed from Sanskrit मामा (māmā). Compare Hindi मामा (māmā), Marathi मामा (māmā).\n* Inherited from Proto-Malayic *mama(ʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *amax. Compare Temuan mamak, Kerinci mamak, Kubu mamok, Tagalog mama.",
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"form": "مامق",
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"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "mamak-mamak",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mamakku",
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"first-person",
"informal",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "mamakmu",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mamaknya",
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"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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},
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],
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"Entry maintenance"
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],
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],
[
"brother",
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]
],
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"_dis1": "90 6 4",
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"word": "pakcik"
}
]
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"(slang) a Tamil Muslim"
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],
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],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈmamaʔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-mak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ak"
}
],
"word": "mamak"
}
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},
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"form": "ᜋᜋᜃ᜔",
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"source": "w"
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"rice straw"
],
"id": "en-mamak-tl-noun-vrxS5g6k",
"links": [
[
"rice",
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],
[
"straw",
"straw"
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"word": "dayami"
},
{
"word": "ginikan"
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{
"word": "yaot"
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
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"English terms derived from Malay",
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"en:Islam"
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"ref": "2022 December 29, Jocelyn Tan, “A guide to the best Indian rojak stalls in Singapore”, in Lifestyle Asia",
"text": "To the untrained eye, any dish that’s labelled ‘rojak’ looks like a hot mess. However, you can’t make your way to Singapore without having a taste of authentic Mamak Rojak [...]",
"type": "quotation"
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"tags": [
"Malaysia",
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"tags": [
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"Singapore English"
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"(Malaysia, Singapore) A Tamil Muslim"
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"Singapore"
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"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Malay terms with redundant script codes",
"Rhymes:Malay/ak",
"Rhymes:Malay/ak/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/amak",
"Rhymes:Malay/mak"
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"expansion": "→ Chinese:",
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"2": "嘛嘛",
"sc": "Hani",
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"expansion": "Cantonese: 嘛嘛 (maa3 maa3)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cantonese: 嘛嘛 (maa3 maa3)"
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],
"text": "Mandarin: 嘛嘛 (mama)"
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"2": "mamak",
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"expansion": "Indonesian: mamak",
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"1": "te",
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"2": "sa",
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"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*mama(ʔ)"
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"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *mama(ʔ)",
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"1": "ms",
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"3": "*amax"
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"2": "mamak"
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"2": "mama"
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"expansion": "Tagalog mama",
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"form": "مامق",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "mamak-mamak",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mamakku",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"informal",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "mamakmu",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mamaknya",
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"third-person"
]
}
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"a maternal uncle or elder brother; the male head of a household"
],
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"uncle",
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"tags": [
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}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈmamaʔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-mak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ak"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"sense": "maternal uncle",
"word": "pakcik"
}
],
"word": "mamak"
}
{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜋᜋᜃ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
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"b": "+"
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"expansion": "mamák (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜃ᜔)",
"name": "tl-noun"
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"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
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"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
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"Tagalog terms without pronunciation template"
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"rice straw"
],
"links": [
[
"rice",
"rice"
],
[
"straw",
"straw"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dayami"
},
{
"word": "ginikan"
},
{
"word": "yaot"
}
]
}
],
"word": "mamak"
}
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.