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"code": "th",
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"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "อูกูเลเล"
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"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "kuelel"
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"word": "夏威夷四弦琴"
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"word": "ウクレレ"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uquelele"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uculele"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ukelele"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukuléle",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "укуле́ле"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gavájskaja gitára",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гава́йская гита́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "ukelele"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guitarra hawaiana"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "อูกูเลเล"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "kuelel"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "iwcalili"
},
{
"code": "xh",
"lang": "Xhosa",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"word": "ukulele"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ukulele",
"sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אוקולעלע"
}
],
"word": "ukulele"
}
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