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"roman": "poluglásnyj",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "halvvokal"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "malapatinig"
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "bán nguyên âm"
},
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"sense": "sound in speech",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔašbāhu l-ʕilali",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "أَشْبَاهُ العِلَلِ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kisajayn",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "կիսաձայն"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "damvogalenn"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "damgensonenn"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànyuányīn",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "半元音"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànmǔyīn",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "半母音"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polosamohláska"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "halvvokal"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "halfvocaal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "halfklinker"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "duonvokalo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "puolivokaali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "semi-voyelle"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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"word": "semi-consonne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "Halbvokal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "Semivokal"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "imífono",
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ἡμίφωνον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khatsí-tnuá",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חצי־תנועה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "félhangzó"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "semivocale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "semiconsonante"
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"alt": "はんぼいん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanboin",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "半母音"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "banmo'eum",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "반모음"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "semivocalis"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "halvvokal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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"word": "spółgłoska półotwarta"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound in speech",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "semivocală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poluglásnyj",
"sense": "sound in speech",
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"word": "полугла́сный"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "sound in speech",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "halvvokal"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "malapatinig"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"word": "bán nguyên âm"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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"word": "lled-lafariad"
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "sound in speech",
"tags": [
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"word": "healfokaal"
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