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"name": "Maize (food)",
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"word": "hominy snow"
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"A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits."
],
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"lye",
"lye"
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"grits",
"grits"
]
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{
"word": "nixtamal"
}
],
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"code": "ay",
"lang": "Aymara",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "mut'i"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kačamak",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "maïs lessivé"
},
{
"code": "mop",
"lang": "Mopan Maya",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "k'u'um"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "bił haʼnigáhí"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "gijikonayezigan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mamałyga"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "mut'i"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nixtamal"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "lagkitan"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "pxiskteyo"
}
]
}
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},
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},
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"A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits."
],
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[
"food",
"food"
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"hulled",
"hulled"
],
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"maize",
"maize"
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"lye",
"lye"
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"grits",
"grits"
]
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"word": "nixtamal"
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"usually"
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],
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},
{
"homophone": "harmony (god-guard merger and weak vowel merger)"
},
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ay",
"lang": "Aymara",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "mut'i"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kačamak",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "качамак"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "maïs lessivé"
},
{
"code": "mop",
"lang": "Mopan Maya",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "k'u'um"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "bił haʼnigáhí"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "gijikonayezigan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mamałyga"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "mut'i"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nixtamal"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "lagkitan"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "a food made from hulled maize",
"word": "pxiskteyo"
}
],
"word": "hominy"
}
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