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},
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"text": "— You can't find your pencils? Maybe someone stole them.\n— For what sia?",
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},
{
"ref": "2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)",
"text": "[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!",
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"Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, exhaustion or exasperation."
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"alt": "unrelated, from Hokkien 瀉衰／泻衰",
"word": "sia suay"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "ah"
},
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"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "hor"
},
{
"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "know"
},
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"sense": "Singlish particles",
"word": "lah"
},
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"sense": "Singlish particles",
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"sense": "Singlish particles",
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},
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"sense": "Singlish particles",
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"text": "— You can't find your pencils? Maybe someone stole them.\n— For what sia?",
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"ref": "2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)",
"text": "[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!",
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"ipa": "/sjɑː˧/",
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"ipa": "/-˨˧/",
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "siah"
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{
"word": "sial"
},
{
"word": "siol"
}
],
"word": "sia"
}
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