See la in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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{
"text": "ok la ― not bad; good enough",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to tone down comments."
],
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"Hong-Kong",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/lɑː˥/",
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},
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"English lemmas",
"English particles",
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"Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
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"word": "lah"
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"Alternative form of lah"
],
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"lah",
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}
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