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"English three-letter words"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "吧"
},
"expansion": "吧 (ba)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 吧 (ba).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "particle",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "bah",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bah",
"name": "en-particle"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "particle",
"related": [
{
"word": "sis boom bah"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "ah"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "hor"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "lah"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "leh"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "liao"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "lor"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "mah"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "meh"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "one"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "sia"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "what"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Manglish",
"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think you should go see a doctor ba.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion."
],
"links": [
[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
],
[
"soften",
"soften#English"
],
[
"suggestion",
"suggestion#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion."
],
"tags": [
"Manglish",
"Singlish",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[pɑ˨]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[b̥-]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"word": "bah"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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