See yuca on Wiktionary
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{
"word": "habilidoso"
}
],
"tags": [
"El-Salvador",
"colloquial",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʝuka/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɟ͡ʝu.ka]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʝuka/",
"note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɟ͡ʝu.ka]",
"note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃuka/",
"note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃu.ka]",
"note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʒuka/",
"note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʒu.ka]",
"note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uka"
}
],
"word": "yuca"
}
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