See aw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(childish) Used to anticipate reporting to a person in authority that the listener has done something wrong."
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"ipa": "/ɑ/",
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{
"homophone": "awe"
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{
"homophone": "or (non-rhotic)"
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{
"homophone": "oar"
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{
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{
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"(childish) Used to anticipate reporting to a person in authority that the listener has done something wrong."
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{
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{
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"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "(used to express disappointment or dismay)",
"word": "alah"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "(used to express disappointment or dismay)",
"word": "achará"
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"word": "bienhaiga"
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"sense": "(used to express disappointment or dismay)",
"tags": [
"Costa-Rica"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "(used to express disappointment or dismay)",
"tags": [
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"word": "aw"
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