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"word": "economic moat"
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"word": "Gaussian moat"
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"word": "moaty"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "mote"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mote",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "mote",
"4": "",
"5": "mound, embankment"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "motte",
"3": "",
"4": "hillock, lump, clod, turf"
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"2": "ML.",
"3": "mota",
"4": "",
"5": "a mound, hill"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”)",
"name": "der"
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"2": "gem"
},
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"2": "frk",
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},
"expansion": "Frankish *mot",
"name": "der"
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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*motta",
"3": "",
"4": "mud, peat, bog, turf"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mutô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mutô",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*mudraz"
},
"expansion": "*mudraz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*muþraz",
"3": "",
"4": "dirt, filth, mud, swamp"
},
"expansion": "*muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)mut-",
"4": "",
"5": "dark, dirty"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gsw",
"2": "Mott"
},
"expansion": "Alemannic German Mott",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gsw",
"2": "Mutte",
"3": "",
"4": "peat, turf"
},
"expansion": "Mutte (“peat, turf”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "Mott",
"3": "",
"4": "peat, turf"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian Mott (“peat, turf”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "mot",
"3": "",
"4": "dust, fine sand"
},
"expansion": "Dutch mot (“dust, fine sand”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "mut",
"3": "",
"4": "grit, litter, humus"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian mut (“grit, litter, humus”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "muta",
"3": "",
"4": "to drizzle"
},
"expansion": "Swedish muta (“to drizzle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "mot",
"3": "",
"4": "speck, particle"
},
"expansion": "Old English mot (“speck, particle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mote"
},
"expansion": "mote",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mud"
},
"expansion": "mud",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "smut"
},
"expansion": "smut",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compare also Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”).\nCognate with Alemannic German Mott, Mutte (“peat, turf”), Bavarian Mott (“peat, turf”), dialectal Dutch mot (“dust, fine sand”), Saterland Frisian mut (“grit, litter, humus”), Swedish muta (“to drizzle”), Old English mot (“speck, particle”). More at mote, mud, smut.\nAs term for a business strategy, popularized by American investor Warren Buffett.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "moats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "moat (plural moats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "motte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cunette"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation."
],
"id": "en-moat-en-noun-0~~Ys5KA",
"links": [
[
"defensive",
"defensive"
],
[
"ditch",
"ditch"
],
[
"water",
"water"
],
[
"fortified",
"fortified"
],
[
"habitation",
"habitation"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fosse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵandaq",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَنْدَق"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xram",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "խրամ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "xəndək"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "roŭ",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "роў"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rov",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ров"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kyum:",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "ကျုံး"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossat"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "護城壕"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùchéngháo",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "护城壕"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "護城河"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùchénghé",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "护城河"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngháo",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "城壕"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénghé",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "城河"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vodní příkop"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "příkop"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "voldgrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slotgracht"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gracht"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "fosaĵo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "vallikraav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "vallihauta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "douve"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "foso"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cárcava"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "txrili",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "თხრილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gubi",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "გუბი"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Burggraben"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "táfros",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "τάφρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khafir",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "חֲפִיר"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xandaq",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "ख़ंदक़"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "parikhā",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "परिखा"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khāī",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "खाई"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khāl",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "खाल"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "sáncárok"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "vizesárok"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kastalasíki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "síki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "virkisgröf"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kastaladíki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "díki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "fosato"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "díog"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossato"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fosso"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canale"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canalone"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hori",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "堀"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "or",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "ор"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "snaam plʊəh",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "ស្នាមភ្លោះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haeja",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "해자"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ho",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "호"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"alt": "城濠",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongho",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "성호"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "aizsarggrāvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "šanec",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шанец"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rov",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ров"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "awamate"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vollgrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vollgrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valat"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doga"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "hendek",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "خندق"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xandaq",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "خندق"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pârgin",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "پارگین"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fosa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fosso"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "șanț"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rov",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ров"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шанац"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "šanac"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priekopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jarek"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fosa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "foso"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vallgrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stormgrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xandaq",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "хандақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pātukāppu paḷḷam",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "பாதுகாப்பு பள்ளம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "koo bpraasàat",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "คูปราสาท"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "koo meuang",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "คูเมือง"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "chu dong lcags ri",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "ཆུ་དོང་ལྕགས་རི"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 8 4 6 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ja",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sl",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "defensive ditch",
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"code": "tg",
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"roman": "xandaq",
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
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"code": "th",
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"code": "th",
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"code": "bo",
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"roman": "chu dong lcags ri",
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"word": "ཆུ་དོང་ལྕགས་རི"
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"sense": "defensive ditch",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "khāi",
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "defensive ditch",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "defensive ditch",
"word": "hố"
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