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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hē",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "呵"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "he"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hey",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "ה״א"
},
{
"code": "nen",
"lang": "Nengone",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "nenij"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hey",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "הא"
}
]
}
],
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"etymology_text": "Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh.",
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"text": "Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud."
},
{
"text": "Friend 2: Heh."
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"Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom."
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"(onomatopoeia) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom."
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"ref": "2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones",
"text": "He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hē",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "呵"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "he"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hey",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "ה״א"
},
{
"code": "nen",
"lang": "Nengone",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "nenij"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hey",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "הא"
}
],
"word": "heh"
}
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"text": "Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud."
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"text": "Friend 2: Heh."
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"Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom."
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"(onomatopoeia) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom."
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"ref": "2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones",
"text": "He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”",
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