See tongo on Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-tongo.flac/Sw-ke-tongo.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-tongo.flac/Sw-ke-tongo.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "tongo"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*toŋo"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *toŋo",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*toŋoʀ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*təŋəʀ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *toŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tongó",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "noun",
"head": "tongó"
},
"expansion": "tongó",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Tongan",
"lang_code": "to",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Tongan entries with incorrect language header",
"Tongan lemmas",
"Tongan nouns",
"Tongan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Tongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tongan terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Naʻe lahi ‘a e tongó ‘i Haʻapaí ni.\nThere were a lot of mangroves in Haʻapai.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mangrove, esp. of species Rhizophora mangle"
],
"links": [
[
"mangrove",
"mangrove"
]
]
}
],
"word": "tongo"
}
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