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Adverb [English]

IPA: /pəˈhæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈɹæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈhæps/ [General-American], /ˈpɹæps/ [General-American, uncommon] Audio: en-us-perhaps.ogg , En-uk-perhaps.ogg
Rhymes: -æps Etymology: From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perhappes}} Middle English perhappes, {{af|en|per|hap|-s|gloss2=chance, coincidence|id3=adverbial}} per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} perhaps (not comparable)
  1. Possibly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-perhaps-en-adv-nx9OUtGU
  2. (dated) By chance. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-perhaps-en-adv-W6mjSN69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bechance, belike, maybe, mayhap, mayhaps, peradventure, perchance, perhap Related terms: perhapser Translations (indicating a lack of certainty): ndoshta (Albanian), ἴσως (ísōs) (Ancient Greek), رُبَّمَا (rubbamā) (Arabic), مِن اَلْمُمْكِن (min al-mumkin) (Arabic), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) (Arabic), يمكن (yimkin) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), يمكن (yimkin) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), بلكن (balkin) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), يمكن (yimkin) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), يمكن (yimkin) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), بلكي (balki) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), بركي (barki) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), بجوز (bijūz) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), ممكن (mumken) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), احتمال (iħtimāl) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), يمكن (yimkin) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), بلكي (balki) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), միգուցե (migucʻe) (Armenian), bəlkə (Azerbaijani), бәлки (bəlki) (Bashkir), мөмкин (mömkin) (Bashkir), ихтимал (ixtimal) (Bashkir), beherbada (Basque), мо́жа быць (móža bycʹ) (Belarusian), магчы́ма (mahčýma) (Belarusian), мо́жа (móža) (Belarusian), ма́быць (mábycʹ) (Belarusian), мо (mo) [informal] (Belarusian), tibaad (Bikol Central), marteze (Breton), мо́же би (móže bi) (Bulgarian), potser (Catalan), tal vegada (Catalan), possiblement (Catalan), بەڵکوو (bellkû) (Central Kurdish), بەشکوم (beşkum) (Central Kurdish), بەشکوو (beşkû) (Central Kurdish), ڕەنگە (renge) (Central Kurdish), ᎠᏎᏱᎩ (aseyigi) (Cherokee), ᎠᏎᏛ (asedv) (Cherokee), 也許 (Chinese Mandarin), 也许 (yěxǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 或許 (Chinese Mandarin), 或许 (huòxǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 或是 (huòshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 可能 (kěnéng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲣⲏⲩ (arēu) (Coptic), forse (Corsican), možná (Czech), snad (Czech), måske (Danish), misschien (Dutch), wellicht (Dutch), але (aĺe) (Eastern Mari), eble (Esperanto), ehk (Estonian), järsku (Estonian), vahest (Estonian), võib-olla (Estonian), võibolla (Estonian), äkki (Estonian), kanska (Faroese), ehkä (Finnish), mahdollisesti (Finnish), kenties (Finnish), peut-être (French), possiblement (French), forsit (Friulian), se cadra (Galician), tal vez (Galician), quizais (Galician), cecais (Galician), quizaves (Galician), seica (Galician), ventieil' (Gallo), შესაძლოა (šesaʒloa) (Georgian), ეგებ (egeb) (Georgian), იქნებ (ikneb) (Georgian), vielleicht (German), wohl (German), ίσως (ísos) (Greek), μάλλον (mállon) (Greek), ενδεχομένως (endechoménos) (Greek), μήπως (mípos) (Greek), કદાચ (kadāc) (Gujarati), yiwu (Hausa), iya (Hausa), paha (Hawaiian), malia (Hawaiian), אוּלַי (ulái) (Hebrew), शायद (śāyad) (Hindi), कदाचित् (kadācit) (Hindi), talán (Hungarian), kannski (Icelandic), forsan (Ido), mungkin (Indonesian), barangkali (Indonesian), mungkin saja (Indonesian), forsan (Interlingua), ᐃᒻᒪᖄ (immaqaa) (Inuktitut), b'fhéidir (Irish), fuorsi (Istriot), forse (Italian), 多分 (tabun) (alt: たぶん) (Japanese), 若しや (moshiya) (alt: もしや) (Japanese), …かもしれない (...kamo shirenai) (Japanese), …でしょう (deshō) (Japanese), 恐らく (osoraku) (Japanese), もしかして (moshikasite) (Japanese), ひょっとして (hyottoshite) (Japanese), мүмкін (mümkın) (Kazakh), ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) (Khmer), 아마 (ama) (Korean), 아마도 (amado) (Korean), 어쩌면 (eojjeomyeon) (Korean), балким (balkim) (Kyrgyz), мүмкүн (mümkün) (Kyrgyz), ບາງທີ (bāng thī) (Lao), fortasse (Latin), forsitan (Latin), fors (Latin), forsit (Latin), forte (Latin), forsan (Latin), fortassis (Latin), varbūt (Latvian), galbūt (Lithuanian), agā (Livonian), ʔəx̌id kʷa (Lushootseed), ʔəx̌id la (Lushootseed), можеби (možebi) (Macedonian), barangkali (Malay), ഒരുപക്ഷേ (orupakṣē) (Malayalam), āwhai (note: used before a phrase) (Maori), pea (note: used after a phrase) (Maori), ētia (Maori), talbeç (Mirandese), магадгүй (magadgüj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), amɓesee (Ngazidja Comorian), p'tête [Guernsey] (Norman), belkî (Northern Kurdish), kanskje (Norwegian Bokmål), kan hende (Norwegian Bokmål), må hende (Norwegian Bokmål), muligens (Norwegian Bokmål), muligvis (Norwegian Bokmål), kanskje (Norwegian Nynorsk), kan henda (Norwegian Nynorsk), må henda (Norwegian Nynorsk), mogelegvis (Norwegian Nynorsk), benlèu (Occitan), bensai (Occitan), maagizhaa (Ojibwe), weald þēah (Old English), nǫkkut (Old Norse), léttliga (Old Norse), (Old Norse), شايد (šāyád) (Pashto), شاید (šâyad) (Persian), گاس (gâs) [dialectal] (Persian), veleicht (Plautdietsch), może (Polish), bodaj (Polish), talvez (Portuguese), ichá (Quechua), poate (Romanian), posibil (Romanian), возмо́жно (vozmóžno) (Russian), мо́жет быть (móžet bytʹ) (Russian), мо́жет (móžet) [colloquial] (Russian), наве́рное (navérnoje) (Russian), स्यात् (syāt) (Sanskrit), aiblins (Scots), 's dòcha (Scottish Gaelic), 's mathaid (Scottish Gaelic), dh'fhaoidte (Scottish Gaelic), мо̀жда [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мо̏гӯће [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mòžda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mȍgūće [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), forsi (Sicilian), fraci (Sicilian), možno (Slovak), snáď (Slovak), môžbyť (Slovak), mordà (Slovene), mogóče (Slovene), acaso (Spanish), quizá (Spanish), quizás (Spanish), tal vez (Spanish), huenda (Swahili), pingine (Swahili), kanske (Swedish), möjligen (english: expressing doubts) (Swedish), шояд (šoyad) (Tajik), мумкин (mumkin) (Tajik), эҳтимол (ehtimol) (Tajik), شاید (šâyad) [Asalemi] (Talysh), yúhi (Taos), бәлки (bälki) (Tatar), мөмкин (mömkin) (Tatar), ихтимал (ixtimal) (Tatar), ไม่แน่ (mâi-nɛ̂ɛ) (Thai), บางที (baang-tii) (Thai), belki (Turkish), belki (Turkmen), 𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓 (mndʿ) (Ugaritic), ма́буть (mábutʹ) (Ukrainian), мо́же бу́ти (móže búty) (Ukrainian), можли́во (možlývo) (Ukrainian), мо́же (móže) [colloquial] (Ukrainian), пе́вно (pévno) (Ukrainian), شاید (śāyad) (Urdu), غالباً (ġāliban) (Urdu), بەلكى (belki) (Uyghur), مۇمكىن (mumkin) (Uyghur), balki (Uzbek), ehtimol (Uzbek), có lẽ (Vietnamese), có thể (Vietnamese), ba (Volapük), efallai (Welsh), אפֿשר (efsher) (Yiddish)
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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈhæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈɹæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹæps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈhæps/ [General-American], /ˈpɹæps/ [General-American, uncommon] Audio: en-us-perhaps.ogg , En-uk-perhaps.ogg Forms: perhapses [plural]
Rhymes: -æps Etymology: From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perhappes}} Middle English perhappes, {{af|en|per|hap|-s|gloss2=chance, coincidence|id3=adverbial}} per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s Head templates: {{en-noun}} perhaps (plural perhapses)
  1. An uncertainty.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: perhap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balki",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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      "word": "بلكي"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "migucʻe",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "միգուցե"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "bəlkə"
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      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "bəlki",
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      "word": "бәлки"
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      "roman": "mömkin",
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      "word": "мөмкин"
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      "roman": "ixtimal",
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      "word": "ихтимал"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "beherbada"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "móža bycʹ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́жа быць"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mahčýma",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "магчы́ма"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "móža",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́жа"
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    {
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mábycʹ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ма́быць"
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    {
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      "roman": "mo",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мо"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "tibaad"
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "marteze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "móže bi",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́же би"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "potser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "tal vegada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "possiblement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "aseyigi",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ᎠᏎᏱᎩ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "asedv",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ᎠᏎᏛ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "也許"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yěxǔ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "也许"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "或許"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "或许"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huòshì",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "或是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěnéng",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "可能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "arēu",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ⲁⲣⲏⲩ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "možná"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "snad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "måske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "misschien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "wellicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "eble"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ehk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "järsku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "vahest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "võib-olla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "võibolla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "äkki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ehkä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mahdollisesti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kenties"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "peut-être"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "possiblement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "se cadra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "tal vez"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "cecais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizaves"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "seica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "roa-gal",
      "lang": "Gallo",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ventieil'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šesaʒloa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "შესაძლოა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "egeb",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ეგებ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ikneb",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "იქნებ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "vielleicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "wohl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ísos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ίσως"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mállon",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "μάλλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "endechoménos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ενδεχομένως"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mípos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "μήπως"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ísōs",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ἴσως"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kadāc",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "કદાચ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "yiwu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "iya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "paha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "malia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ulái",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "אוּלַי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śāyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "शायद"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kadācit",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "कदाचित्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kannski"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mungkin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "barangkali"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mungkin saja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "immaqaa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ᐃᒻᒪᖄ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "b'fhéidir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fuorsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "たぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tabun",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "多分"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "もしや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moshiya",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "若しや"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...kamo shirenai",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "…かもしれない"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deshō",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "…でしょう"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "osoraku",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "恐らく"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moshikasite",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "もしかして"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyottoshite",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ひょっとして"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mümkın",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мүмкін"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑhael",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ប្រហែល"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "아마"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amado",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "아마도"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eojjeomyeon",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "어쩌면"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bellkû",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەڵکوو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "beşkum",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەشکوم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "beşkû",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەشکوو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "renge",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ڕەنگە"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belkî"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "balkim",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "балким"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mümkün",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мүмкүн"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bāng thī",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ບາງທີ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fortasse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fors"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fortassis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "varbūt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "galbūt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "agā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ʔəx̌id kʷa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ʔəx̌id la"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "možebi",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "можеби"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "barangkali"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "orupakṣē",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ഒരുപക്ഷേ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "used before a phrase",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "āwhai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "used after a phrase",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "pea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ētia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "aĺe",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "але"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talbeç"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "magadgüj",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "магадгүй"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "amɓesee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey"
      ],
      "word": "p'tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanskje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kan hende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "må hende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "muligens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "muligvis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanskje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kan henda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "må henda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mogelegvis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "benlèu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "bensai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "maagizhaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "weald þēah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "nǫkkut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "léttliga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "má"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šāyád",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شايد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šâyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شاید"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gâs",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "گاس"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "veleicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "może"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "bodaj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talvez"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ichá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "poate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "posibil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmóžno",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "возмо́жно"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móžet bytʹ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́жет быть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móžet",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "мо́жет"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navérnoje",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "наве́рное"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "syāt",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "स्यात्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "aiblins"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "'s dòcha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "'s mathaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "dh'fhaoidte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мо̀жда"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мо̏гӯће"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mòžda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mȍgūće"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fraci"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "možno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "snáď"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "môžbyť"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mordà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mogóče"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "acaso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizás"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "tal vez"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "huenda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "pingine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "expressing doubts",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "möjligen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šoyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "шояд"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mumkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мумкин"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ehtimol",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "эҳтимол"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "šâyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "شاید"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "yúhi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "bälki",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "бәлки"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "mömkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мөмкин"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ixtimal",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ихтимал"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mâi-nɛ̂ɛ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ไม่แน่"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "baang-tii",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "บางที"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mndʿ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mábutʹ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ма́буть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "móže búty",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́же бу́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "možlývo",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "можли́во"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "móže",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "мо́же"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pévno",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "пе́вно"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śāyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شاید"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ġāliban",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "غالباً"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "belki",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەلكى"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mumkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "مۇمكىن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "balki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ehtimol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "có lẽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "có thể"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "efallai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "efsher",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "אפֿשר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perhaps"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "perhappes"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English perhappes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "hap",
        "4": "-s",
        "gloss2": "chance, coincidence",
        "id3": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perhapses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perhaps (plural perhapses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "cop",
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      "code": "co",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "et",
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    {
      "code": "et",
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      "word": "ehkä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "შესაძლოა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "vielleicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "wohl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ísos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ίσως"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mállon",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "μάλλον"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "endechoménos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ενδεχομένως"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mípos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "μήπως"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ísōs",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ἴσως"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kadāc",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "કદાચ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "yiwu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "iya"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "paha"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "malia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ulái",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "אוּלַי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śāyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "शायद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kadācit",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "कदाचित्"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talán"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kannski"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mungkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "barangkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mungkin saja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "immaqaa",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ᐃᒻᒪᖄ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "b'fhéidir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fuorsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forse"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tabun",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "多分"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もしや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moshiya",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "若しや"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...kamo shirenai",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "…かもしれない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deshō",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "…でしょう"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "osoraku",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "恐らく"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moshikasite",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "もしかして"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyottoshite",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ひょっとして"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mümkın",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мүмкін"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑhael",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ប្រហែល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "아마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amado",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "아마도"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eojjeomyeon",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "어쩌면"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bellkû",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەڵکوو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "beşkum",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەشکوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "beşkû",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەشکوو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "renge",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ڕەنگە"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belkî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "balkim",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "балким"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mümkün",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мүмкүн"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bāng thī",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ບາງທີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fortasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fors"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsit"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fortassis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "varbūt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "galbūt"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "agā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ʔəx̌id kʷa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ʔəx̌id la"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "možebi",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "можеби"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "barangkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "orupakṣē",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ഒരുപക്ഷേ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "used before a phrase",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "āwhai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "used after a phrase",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "pea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ētia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "aĺe",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "але"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talbeç"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "magadgüj",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "магадгүй"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "amɓesee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey"
      ],
      "word": "p'tête"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanskje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kan hende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "må hende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "muligens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "muligvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanskje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kan henda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "må henda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mogelegvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "benlèu"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "bensai"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "maagizhaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "weald þēah"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "nǫkkut"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "léttliga"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "má"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šāyád",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شايد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šâyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شاید"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gâs",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "گاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "veleicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "może"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "bodaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "talvez"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ichá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "poate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "posibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmóžno",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "возмо́жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móžet bytʹ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́жет быть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móžet",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "мо́жет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navérnoje",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "наве́рное"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "syāt",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "स्यात्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "aiblins"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "'s dòcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "'s mathaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "dh'fhaoidte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мо̀жда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мо̏гӯће"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mòžda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mȍgūće"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "forsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "fraci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "možno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "snáď"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "môžbyť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mordà"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "mogóče"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "acaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizá"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "quizás"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "tal vez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "huenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "pingine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "kanske"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "expressing doubts",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "möjligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šoyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "шояд"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mumkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мумкин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ehtimol",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "эҳтимол"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "šâyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "شاید"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "yúhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "bälki",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "бәлки"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "mömkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мөмкин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ixtimal",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ихтимал"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mâi-nɛ̂ɛ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ไม่แน่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "baang-tii",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "บางที"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "belki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mndʿ",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ма́буть"
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      "roman": "móže búty",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "мо́же бу́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "možlývo",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "можли́во"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "pévno",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "śāyad",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "شاید"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "ġāliban",
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      "word": "غالباً"
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "belki",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "بەلكى"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "mumkin",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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      "code": "uz",
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "ehtimol"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "có lẽ"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "có thể"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "efallai"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "efsher",
      "sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
      "word": "אפֿשר"
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