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"1": "en",
"2": "haw",
"3": "māhū"
},
"expansion": "Hawaiian māhū",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hawaiian māhū",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mahus",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mahu",
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"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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},
{
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"glosses": [
"A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti."
],
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],
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"social",
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],
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"culture",
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],
[
"Hawaii",
"Hawaii"
],
[
"Tahiti",
"Tahiti"
]
],
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"(Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti."
],
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"Hawaii"
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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],
"glosses": [
"A gay person; homosexual."
],
"id": "en-mahu-en-noun-FV5JhH4H",
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"derogatory",
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],
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"gay",
"gay"
],
[
"homosexual",
"homosexual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual."
],
"tags": [
"Hawaii",
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]
}
],
"word": "mahu"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English indeclinable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms borrowed from Hawaiian",
"English terms derived from Hawaiian"
],
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},
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},
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"(Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti."
],
"tags": [
"Hawaii"
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},
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"English derogatory terms",
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],
"glosses": [
"A gay person; homosexual."
],
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"gay",
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"(Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual."
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