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"3": "阿倌",
"tr": "a-koaⁿ"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 阿倌 (a-koaⁿ)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hokkien 阿倌 (a-koaⁿ).",
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"form": "ah kuas",
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}
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"ref": "2001 [1992], Russell Heng, Lest the Demons Get to Me, revised version January 2001, via National Library Board Singapore, Act 1, page 6:",
"text": "I did not tell him that this ah qua had three years at the London School of Economics […] Although I never did finish my degree.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An effeminate man; a male cross-dresser."
],
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"glosses": [
"A transgender woman."
],
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[
"transgender",
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]
],
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"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"derogatory"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A male prostitute."
],
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"id": "en-ah_kua-en-noun-8R9Drpsw",
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"prostitute",
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌɑː˨ ˈk˭wɑː˦/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ãː˦]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"word": "ah kua"
}
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"name": "bor"
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"source": "w"
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"_dis": "68 31 1 1",
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"_dis": "70 28 1 0",
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},
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"_dis": "73 25 1 0",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "88 12 0 0",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "95 4 1 0",
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"Sissy, effeminate."
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"(Singapore, Singlish, derogatory) Sissy, effeminate."
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"_dis1": "34 0 0 66",
"word": "ah gua"
},
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"_dis1": "34 0 0 66",
"word": "ah qua"
},
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"word": "ah kwa"
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"word": "AQ"
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"word": "AK"
}
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"ipa": "/ˌɑː˨ ˈk˭wɑː˦/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
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"ipa": "[-ãː˦]",
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"Singapore"
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"word": "ah kua"
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"name": "bor"
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"ref": "2001 [1992], Russell Heng, Lest the Demons Get to Me, revised version January 2001, via National Library Board Singapore, Act 1, page 6:",
"text": "I did not tell him that this ah qua had three years at the London School of Economics […] Although I never did finish my degree.",
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}
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"An effeminate man; a male cross-dresser."
],
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"male",
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"cross-dresser"
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"A transgender woman."
],
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"transgender",
"transgender"
]
],
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"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"derogatory"
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"A male prostitute."
],
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"prostitute",
"prostitute"
]
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌɑː˨ ˈk˭wɑː˦/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ãː˦]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "ah gua"
},
{
"word": "ah qua"
},
{
"word": "ah kwa"
},
{
"word": "AQ"
},
{
"word": "AK"
}
],
"word": "ah kua"
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"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hokkien 阿倌 (a-koaⁿ).",
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},
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"Sissy, effeminate."
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"(Singapore, Singlish, derogatory) Sissy, effeminate."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌɑː˨ ˈk˭wɑː˦/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ãː˦]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "ah gua"
},
{
"word": "ah qua"
},
{
"word": "ah kwa"
},
{
"word": "AQ"
},
{
"word": "AK"
}
],
"word": "ah kua"
}
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