See was in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"imperative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʋɑs/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-was.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/Nl-was.ogg/Nl-was.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Nl-was.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑs"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"nl:was"
],
"word": "was"
}
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