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],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "wau"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "he",
"3": "וו",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Hebrew וו",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "he",
"3": "וו"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew וו",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew וו.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "waus",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "wau m (plural waus)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wau"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Spanish/au",
"Rhymes:Spanish/au/1 syllable",
"Spanish 1-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
"Spanish terms derived from Hebrew",
"Spanish terms spelled with W",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"the sound /w/ (labiovelar approximant) or /u̯/ (non-syllabic /u/)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwau/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwau̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-au"
}
],
"word": "wau"
}
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