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{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
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"past"
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}
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"To eat."
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"eat",
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"(Jamaica) To eat."
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"yam (edible root of Dioscorea vine)"
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[
"Dioscorea",
"Dioscorea#Translingual"
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"name": "Root vegetables",
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"(childish) food"
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"1": "ags",
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"1": "sw",
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"args": {
"1": "zu",
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "ha",
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"4": "cannibal"
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"3": "",
"4": "animal"
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"food, meal"
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nyam up"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "dawg nyam yuh suppa"
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"english": "Those guys ate all of the bread, and now they want to give us crumbs.",
"text": "Dem man nyam di whole ah di bread. And wan' come gi' wi crumbs.",
"type": "example"
}
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"to eat (eat)"
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"english": "We shouldn't waste everything we get. We have to save and invest some of it.",
"text": "We cyaan nyam everything weh we get. Wi haffi save some and invest some.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I just went home. Then I spent all the money.",
"text": "Me jus go home and nyam di money.",
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