See -s in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "bor+"
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English -s (“plural suffix”).",
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"english": "to own cars and flats",
"roman": "jau⁵ ce¹ jau⁵ lau⁴⁻²",
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"text": "有車s有樓s",
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"roman": "jau⁵ ce¹ jau⁵ lau⁴⁻²",
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"text": "有车s有楼s",
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"(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic, rare, written only) Used to emphasise that there are multiple instances of the noun"
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English -s (“plural suffix”).",
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"roman": "jau⁵ ce¹ jau⁵ lau⁴⁻²",
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"text": "有車s有樓s",
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}
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