"tong" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

IPA: /tɔŋ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-tong.wav Forms: tonge [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch tong, from Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|tong}} Dutch tong, {{inh|af|dum|tonge}} Middle Dutch tonge, {{inh|af|odt|tunga}} Old Dutch tunga, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*tungǭ}} Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, {{inh|af|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|tonge|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} tong (plural tonge), {{af-noun|e}} tong (plural tonge)
  1. tongue Wikipedia link: af:tong Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: biltong, tongvis
    Sense id: en-tong-af-noun-snFSEtk5 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Chuukese]

Head templates: {{head|chk|noun}} tong
  1. love
    Sense id: en-tong-chk-noun-aG90apW2 Categories (other): Chuukese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /tɔŋ/ Audio: Nl-tong.ogg Forms: tongen [plural], tongetje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɔŋ Etymology: From Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|tonge}} Middle Dutch tonge, {{inh|nl|odt|tunga}} Old Dutch tunga, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*tungā}} Proto-West Germanic *tungā, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*tungǭ}} Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|tongetje}} tong f (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
  1. tongue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Organs
    Sense id: en-tong-nl-noun-snFSEtk5 Derived forms: het achterste van zijn tong laten zien, ossentong, roltong, tongbeen, tongelen, tongen, tongloos, tongpiercing, tongspier, tongvaren, vuurtong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /tɔŋ/ Audio: Nl-tong.ogg Forms: tongen [plural], tongetje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɔŋ Etymology: From etymology 1. Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|tongetje}} tong m (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
  1. A kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea solea. Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Fish, Flatfish Synonyms: zeetong
    Sense id: en-tong-nl-noun-a8XxTsnm Disambiguation of Fish: 5 95 Disambiguation of Flatfish: 2 98 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tonge|id=tongs|t=tongs, fang}} Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), {{m|enm|tange}} tange, {{inh|en|ang|tange}} Old English tange, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tangu}} Proto-West Germanic *tangu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tangō}} Proto-Germanic *tangō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-|t=to bite}} Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”), {{cog|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng, {{cog|is|töng}} Icelandic töng, {{cog|goh|zanga}} Old High German zanga, {{cog|de|Zange}} German Zange, {{cog|sa|दशति|t=to bite|tr=dáśati}} Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”), {{cog|sq|dang|t=bite, nip}} Albanian dang (“bite, nip”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. (mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. Tags: plural Derived forms: pipe tong, tonging, port tong, tooth and tong Translations (tool): ունելի (uneli) (Armenian), աքցան (akʻcʻan) (Armenian), 鉗子 (Chinese Mandarin), 钳子 (qiánzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 夾具 (Chinese Mandarin), 夹具 (jiājù) (Chinese Mandarin), 鋏子 (Chinese Mandarin), 铗子 (jiāzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 夹子 (jiāzi, jiázi) (Chinese Mandarin), kleště [feminine, plural] (Czech), tang [masculine] (Dutch), pihdit [plural] (Finnish), pince [feminine] (French), tenaces [feminine, plural] (Galician), Greifzange [feminine] (German), चिमटा (cimṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), pinza [feminine] (Italian), tenaglia [feminine] (Italian), molla [feminine] (Italian), トング (tongu) (Japanese), маша (maša) [feminine] (Macedonian), tonge (Middle English), kêlbetan [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), ماشه (maşa) (Ottoman Turkish), tenaz [feminine] (Portuguese), clește [masculine] (Romanian), ками́нные щипцы́ (kamínnyje ščipcý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), tenaza [feminine] (Spanish), tång [common-gender] (Swedish), eldtång [common-gender] (Swedish), คีม (kiim) (Thai), maşa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-wDmeF7IX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴). Etymology templates: {{sup|4}} ⁴, {{der|en|yue|堂|tr=tong⁴}} Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. a Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-abPon12k
  2. a Chinese secret society or gang Translations (secret society): (tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 幫會 (Chinese Mandarin), 帮会 (bānghuì) (Chinese Mandarin), (táng) (Chinese Mandarin), tong [masculine] (French), Tong [feminine] (German), tong [feminine] (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-k15T3727 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 52 15 4 4 Disambiguation of 'secret society': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tong war Related terms: triad, yakuza
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: tongue Related terms: tong doc, tong fai, tong lau
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-D9nrwnnc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [present, singular, third-person], tonging [participle, present], tonged [participle, past], tonged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tonge|id=tongs|t=tongs, fang}} Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), {{m|enm|tange}} tange, {{inh|en|ang|tange}} Old English tange, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tangu}} Proto-West Germanic *tangu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tangō}} Proto-Germanic *tangō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-|t=to bite}} Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”), {{cog|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng, {{cog|is|töng}} Icelandic töng, {{cog|goh|zanga}} Old High German zanga, {{cog|de|Zange}} German Zange, {{cog|sa|दशति|t=to bite|tr=dáśati}} Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”), {{cog|sq|dang|t=bite, nip}} Albanian dang (“bite, nip”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged)
  1. (intransitive) To use tongs. Tags: intransitive Translations (to use tongs): ունելի օգտագործել (uneli ōgtagorcel) (Armenian), աքցան օգտագործել (akʻcʻan ōgtagorcel) (Armenian), 鉗起 (Chinese Mandarin), 钳起 (Chinese Mandarin), 夾起 (Chinese Mandarin), 夹起 (Chinese Mandarin), mit einer Zange halten (German), pinzare (Italian), attanagliare (Italian), atazanar (Portuguese), atanazar (Portuguese), atenazar (Portuguese), испо́льзовать щипцы́ (ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý) (Russian), usar tenaza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-verb-RGLcJdB2 Disambiguation of 'to use tongs': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. Tags: transitive Translations (to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs): ունելիով վերցնել (uneliov vercʻnel) (Armenian), աքցանով վերցնել (akʻcʻanov vercʻnel) (Armenian), 钳起 (Chinese Mandarin), mit einer Zange greifen (German), afferrare (Italian), attanagliare (Italian), abbrancare (Italian), aggranfiare (Italian), atazanar (Portuguese), atanazar (Portuguese), atenazar (Portuguese), захвати́ть щипца́ми (zaxvatítʹ ščipcámi) (Russian), usar tenaza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-verb-GZQ3hjDH Disambiguation of 'to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tongs
Etymology number: 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /tɔ̃ɡ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-tong.wav Forms: tongs [plural]
Etymology: From Australian English thong. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|en-AU|thong}} Australian English thong Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} tong f (plural tongs)
  1. flip-flop, thong Tags: feminine Synonyms: clic-clac [informal], gougonne [Canada, informal], slache [Africa, Belgium], tapette [Africa, West], claquette
    Sense id: en-tong-fr-noun-9rDD1iZ2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈtɔŋ] Forms: tongku [first-person, possessive], tongmu [possessive, second-person], tongnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Malay tong, from Hokkien 桶 (thóng). Etymology templates: {{inh|id|ms|tong}} Malay tong, {{der|id|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|桶|tr=thóng}} 桶 (thóng) Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=-}} tong (first-person possessive tongku, second-person possessive tongmu, third-person possessive tongnya)
  1. barrel Synonyms: tahang
    Sense id: en-tong-id-noun-6LvmQjpi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈtɔŋ] Forms: tongku [first-person, possessive], tongmu [possessive, second-person], tongnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|id}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=-}} tong (first-person possessive tongku, second-person possessive tongmu, third-person possessive tongnya)
  1. sound of a gong, kentungan.
    Sense id: en-tong-id-noun-QqTykk14 Categories (other): Indonesian onomatopoeias
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈtɔŋ] Forms: tongku [first-person, possessive], tongmu [possessive, second-person], tongnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Betawi [Term?], from Hokkien 童 (tâng/tông). Etymology templates: {{bor|id|bew}} Betawi [Term?], {{der|id|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|童|tr=tâng/tông}} 童 (tâng/tông) Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=-}} tong (first-person possessive tongku, second-person possessive tongmu, third-person possessive tongnya)
  1. (dialect, Jakarta) Clipping of entong (“boy”). Tags: Jakarta, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dialectal Alternative form of: entong (extra: boy)
    Sense id: en-tong-id-noun-XiVhNECt Categories (other): Jakarta Indonesian, Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Indonesian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 4 29 67 Disambiguation of Indonesian terms with redundant script codes: 4 22 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Malay]

Forms: tong-tong [plural], tongku [first-person, informal, possessive], tongmu [possessive, second-person], tongnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Chinese 桶. Related to tahang. Etymology templates: {{der|ms|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|*桶}} 桶, {{m|ms|tahang}} tahang Head templates: {{ms-noun}} tong (plural tong-tong, informal 1st possessive tongku, 2nd possessive tongmu, 3rd possessive tongnya)
  1. barrel, tub, bin
    Sense id: en-tong-ms-noun-pMCrMBIG Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Malay terms with redundant script codes: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Malay]

Forms: tong-tong [plural], tongku [first-person, informal, possessive], tongmu [possessive, second-person], tongnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Dutch ton. Etymology templates: {{der|ms|nl|ton}} Dutch ton Head templates: {{ms-noun}} tong (plural tong-tong, informal 1st possessive tongku, 2nd possessive tongmu, 3rd possessive tongnya)
  1. ton
    Sense id: en-tong-ms-noun-1Te8nATT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Mandarin]

Head templates: {{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}} tong
  1. Nonstandard spelling of tōng. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: tōng
    Sense id: en-tong-cmn-romanization-53pUBZKc Categories (other): Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tóng. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: tóng
    Sense id: en-tong-cmn-romanization-CfnzjBb2 Categories (other): Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǒng. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: tǒng
    Sense id: en-tong-cmn-romanization-l70kEzGR Categories (other): Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tòng. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: tòng
    Sense id: en-tong-cmn-romanization-5wdYqgyR Categories (other): Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} tong
  1. Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tonge (extra: tongue)
    Sense id: en-tong-enm-noun-KToJMd0P Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: tonga [definite, singular], tenger [indefinite, plural], tengene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse tǫng. Etymology templates: {{der|nn|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng
  1. (a pair of) pliers, pincers Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Tools Derived forms: knipetong Related terms: tang [Bokmål]
    Sense id: en-tong-nn-noun-SliZ~VIb Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Uzbek]

Forms: tonglar [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Turkic *taŋ. Etymology templates: {{inh|uz|trk-pro|*taŋ}} Proto-Turkic *taŋ Head templates: {{head|uz|noun|plural|tonglar|head=|sc=}} tong (plural tonglar), {{uz-noun}} tong (plural tonglar)
  1. dawn, daybreak
    Sense id: en-tong-uz-noun-XBSoQpPp Categories (other): Uzbek entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Vietnamese]

IPA: [tawŋ͡m˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tawŋ͡m˧˧] [Huế], [tɔŋ˧˧] [Huế], [tawŋ͡m˧˧] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Rhymes: -oŋ Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||head=|tr=}} tong, {{vi-adj}} tong
  1. done for, screwed
    Sense id: en-tong-vi-adj-gV9Mcp6Q Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tong meaning in All languages combined (39.7kB)

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*denḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tonge",
        "id": "tongs",
        "t": "tongs, fang"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tange"
      },
      "expansion": "tange",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tange"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tange",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tangu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tangu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tangō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tangō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*denḱ-",
        "t": "to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tǫng"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tǫng",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "töng"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic töng",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "zanga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zanga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zange"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zange",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दशति",
        "t": "to bite",
        "tr": "dáśati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "dang",
        "t": "bite, nip"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian dang (“bite, nip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tong (plural tongs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "pipe tong"
        },
        {
          "word": "tonging"
        },
        {
          "word": "port tong"
        },
        {
          "word": "tooth and tong"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, editors, Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232",
          "text": "[…] these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs in some lists: in order to make a tong one needs a tong, and how could the first tong be made without a tong?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands."
      ],
      "id": "en-tong-en-noun-wDmeF7IX",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "uneli",
          "sense": "tool",
          "word": "ունելի"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "pt",
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
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    {
      "form": "tongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster",
          "text": "Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.",
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        }
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        "Obsolete spelling of tongue"
      ],
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        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tong doc"
        },
        {
          "word": "tong fai"
        },
        {
          "word": "tong lau"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "tonge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch tonge",
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f2request": "1",
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      "expansion": "tong (plural tonge)",
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  "lang_code": "af",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "af",
          "name": "Anatomy",
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "word": "tongvis"
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        "tongue"
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        [
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      "wikipedia": [
        "af:tong"
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      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
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  "word": "tong"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "tong",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chuukese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tong"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: tong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "4": "tung"
          },
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        }
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      "text": "Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "vic",
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          "name": "q"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "tunk"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Sranan Tongo: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aukan: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kww",
            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kwinti: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "tongò",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: tongò",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: tongò"
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "tonge"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "odt",
        "3": "tunga"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tungǭ"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tungǭ",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.",
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    {
      "form": "tongen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongetje",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        },
        {
          "word": "ossentong"
        },
        {
          "word": "roltong"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongbeen"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongelen"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongen"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongloos"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongpiercing"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongspier"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongvaren"
        },
        {
          "word": "vuurtong"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "id": "en-tong-nl-noun-snFSEtk5",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔŋ"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/Nl-tong.ogg/Nl-tong.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  "word": "tong"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From etymology 1.",
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    {
      "form": "tongen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "tongetje"
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      "expansion": "tong m (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tong"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "nl:Fish",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Flatfish",
          "orig": "nl:Flatfish",
          "parents": [
            "Fish",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea solea."
      ],
      "id": "en-tong-nl-noun-a8XxTsnm",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ],
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "Solea solea",
          "Solea solea#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zeetong"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/Nl-tong.ogg/Nl-tong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Nl-tong.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:tong"
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "en-AU",
        "3": "thong"
      },
      "expansion": "Australian English thong",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Australian English thong.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "tong f (plural tongs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      ],
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        [
          "flip-flop",
          "flip-flop"
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        [
          "thong",
          "thong"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "clic-clac"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "gougonne"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Africa",
            "Belgium"
          ],
          "word": "slache"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Africa",
            "West"
          ],
          "word": "tapette"
        },
        {
          "word": "claquette"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ̃ɡ/"
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    {
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      "text": "Audio"
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  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "tong"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tong",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "桶",
        "tr": "thóng"
      },
      "expansion": "桶 (thóng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay tong, from Hokkien 桶 (thóng).",
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    {
      "form": "tongku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tong (first-person possessive tongku, second-person possessive tongmu, third-person possessive tongnya)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tong"
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  "lang": "Indonesian",
  "lang_code": "id",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barrel"
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      "id": "en-tong-id-noun-6LvmQjpi",
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          "barrel"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "tahang"
        }
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔŋ]"
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      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
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        "first-person",
        "possessive"
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔŋ]"
    }
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
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      "expansion": "Betawi [Term?]",
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
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        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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    {
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        "possessive",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "tongnya",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "args": {},
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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        "possessive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "tongmu",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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          "name": "Mandarin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nonstandard spelling of tóng."
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      "id": "en-tong-cmn-romanization-CfnzjBb2",
      "links": [
        [
          "tóng",
          "tóng#Mandarin"
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      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
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    },
    {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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        "Nonstandard spelling of tǒng."
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      "id": "en-tong-cmn-romanization-l70kEzGR",
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        [
          "tǒng",
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        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
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    },
    {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        [
          "tòng",
          "tòng#Mandarin"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "form": "tonglar",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "ipa": "[tawŋ͡m˧˧]",
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      "ipa": "[tɔŋ˧˧]",
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      "ipa": "[tawŋ͡m˧˧]",
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}
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tong (plural tonge)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "tong (plural tonge)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
        "Afrikaans lemmas",
        "Afrikaans nouns",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Afrikaans terms with audio links",
        "af:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "af:tong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-tong.wav",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "chk",
        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "chk",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chuukese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chuukese lemmas",
        "Chuukese nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "love"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɔŋ",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɔŋ/1 syllable",
    "nl:Fish",
    "nl:Flatfish"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "het achterste van zijn tong laten zien"
    },
    {
      "word": "ossentong"
    },
    {
      "word": "roltong"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongbeen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongelen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongloos"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongpiercing"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongspier"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongvaren"
    },
    {
      "word": "vuurtong"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "tong"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: tong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: tong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "tong",
            "3": "toṅ",
            "4": "tung"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vic",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton (dated)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "tunk"
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          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Sranan Tongo: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Sranan Tongo: tongo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aukan: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aukan: tongo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kww",
            "2": "tongo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kwinti: tongo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kwinti: tongo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "tongò",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: tongò",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: tongò"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch tunga",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tungā"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tungǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tungǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "tongen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "-en",
        "3": "tongetje"
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    }
  ],
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    "tong"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "nl:Organs"
      ],
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        "tongue"
      ],
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        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tong.ogg",
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    }
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    "nl:tong"
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}

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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɔŋ",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɔŋ/1 syllable",
    "nl:Fish",
    "nl:Flatfish"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From etymology 1.",
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    {
      "form": "tongen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-en",
        "3": "tongetje"
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      "expansion": "tong m (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)",
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    }
  ],
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    "tong"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "A kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea solea."
      ],
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        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ],
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "Solea solea",
          "Solea solea#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "zeetong"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/Nl-tong.ogg/Nl-tong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Nl-tong.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:tong"
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *denḱ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pipe tong"
    },
    {
      "word": "tonging"
    },
    {
      "word": "port tong"
    },
    {
      "word": "tooth and tong"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tonge",
        "id": "tongs",
        "t": "tongs, fang"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tange"
      },
      "expansion": "tange",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tange"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tange",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tangu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tangu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tangō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tangō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*denḱ-",
        "t": "to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tǫng"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tǫng",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "töng"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic töng",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "zanga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zanga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zange"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zange",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दशति",
        "t": "to bite",
        "tr": "dáśati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "dang",
        "t": "bite, nip"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian dang (“bite, nip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, editors, Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232",
          "text": "[…] these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs in some lists: in order to make a tong one needs a tong, and how could the first tong be made without a tong?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uneli",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "ունելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akʻcʻan",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "աքցան"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "鉗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánzi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "钳子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夾具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiājù",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夹具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "鋏子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāzi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "铗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāzi, jiázi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夹子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kleště"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pihdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pince"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenaces"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Greifzange"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cimṭā",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चिमटा"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenaglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tongu",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "トング"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kêlbetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maša",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маша"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "tonge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "tool",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "tool",
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        "plural"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "eldtång"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "kiim",
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      "word": "คีม"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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}

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        "(intransitive) To use tongs."
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        "(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs."
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        "UK"
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "ունելի օգտագործել"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "鉗起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
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    },
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
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      "code": "it",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "attanagliare"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atazanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atanazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atenazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "испо́льзовать щипцы́"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "usar tenaza"
    },
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uneliov vercʻnel",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "ունելիով վերցնել"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "akʻcʻanov vercʻnel",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "աքցանով վերցնել"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "钳起"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "mit einer Zange greifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "afferrare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "attanagliare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "abbrancare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "aggranfiare"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "atazanar"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "code": "es",
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}

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          "ref": "1995, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Block Crown Lease (Cheung Chau) Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette, page A2772",
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          "organization"
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      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "tong⁴",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "堂"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "幫會"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "帮会"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "táng",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "堂"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tong"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tong"
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      "code": "kmr",
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    }
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          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster",
          "text": "Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.",
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      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
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            "Africa",
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          ],
          "word": "tapette"
        },
        {
          "word": "claquette"
        }
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
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}

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  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
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  "word": "tong"
}

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    "Indonesian lemmas",
    "Indonesian nouns",
    "Indonesian terms borrowed from Betawi",
    "Indonesian terms derived from Betawi",
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    "Indonesian terms inherited from Malay",
    "Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Indonesian terms with redundant script codes",
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    },
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        "possessive"
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      "form": "tongmu",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "tongnya",
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        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "head": "",
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    "tong"
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    {
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        "barrel"
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        [
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          "barrel"
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        {
          "word": "tahang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔŋ]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Indonesian lemmas",
    "Indonesian nouns",
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    "Indonesian terms derived from Betawi",
    "Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien",
    "Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Indonesian terms with redundant script codes",
    "Indonesian uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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        "1": "id"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic.",
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        "first-person",
        "possessive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "tongmu",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tongnya",
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        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "head": "",
        "pl": "-"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "sound of a gong, kentungan."
      ],
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        [
          "kentungan",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔŋ]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
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    "Indonesian lemmas",
    "Indonesian nouns",
    "Indonesian terms borrowed from Betawi",
    "Indonesian terms derived from Betawi",
    "Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien",
    "Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Indonesian terms with redundant script codes",
    "Indonesian uncountable nouns"
  ],
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        "1": "id",
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        "1": "id",
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    },
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      "args": {
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Betawi [Term?], from Hokkien 童 (tâng/tông).",
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    {
      "form": "tongku",
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        "first-person",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongmu",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "",
        "pl": "-"
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    }
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    "tong"
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "boy",
          "word": "entong"
        }
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        "Indonesian clippings",
        "Indonesian dialectal terms",
        "Jakarta Indonesian"
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
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        "dialectal"
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    }
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    {
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Chinese",
    "Malay terms derived from Dutch",
    "Malay terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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        }
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    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*桶"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
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      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "tong-tong",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "tongku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tong (plural tong-tong, informal 1st possessive tongku, 2nd possessive tongmu, 3rd possessive tongnya)",
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    }
  ],
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        "barrel, tub, bin"
      ],
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        [
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          "barrel"
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          "tub"
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        [
          "bin",
          "bin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Dutch",
    "Malay terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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    }
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    {
      "form": "tong-tong",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "tongku",
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        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tongmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tongnya",
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        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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}

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    "Mandarin non-lemma forms",
    "Mandarin terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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      "expansion": "tong",
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        "Nonstandard spelling of tōng."
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        "alt-of",
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        "Mandarin nonstandard forms"
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        "Nonstandard spelling of tǒng."
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        [
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          "word": "tòng"
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        [
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          "tòng#Mandarin"
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        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
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  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse tǫng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonga",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenger",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
        "nn:Tools"
      ],
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        [
          "pliers",
          "pliers#English"
        ],
        [
          "pincers",
          "pincers#English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "tonglar",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tong (plural tonglar)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "uz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uzbek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Uzbek lemmas",
        "Uzbek nouns",
        "Uzbek terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
        "Uzbek terms inherited from Proto-Turkic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dawn, daybreak"
      ],
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        [
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          "dawn"
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          "daybreak",
          "daybreak"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tong",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tong",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Rhymes:Malay/oŋ",
        "Rhymes:Malay/oŋ/1 syllable",
        "Vietnamese adjectives",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "an afternoon wasted without any significant progress",
          "text": "mất tong một buổi chiều mà chẳng tiến triển gì",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "done for, screwed"
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        [
          "done for",
          "done for"
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        [
          "screwed",
          "screwed"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tawŋ͡m˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tawŋ͡m˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tɔŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tawŋ͡m˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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