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"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To put on an act, to pretend (e.g. to be hard at work) or behave in a false and misleading way."
],
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[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"pretend",
"pretend"
],
[
"misleading",
"misleading"
]
],
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"(Singapore, Singlish) To put on an act, to pretend (e.g. to be hard at work) or behave in a false and misleading way."
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"indeclinable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑjɑŋ/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wajang"
}
],
"word": "wayang"
}
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"English indeclinable nouns",
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"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms derived from Javanese",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Old Javanese",
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"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
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"1": "en",
"2": "jv",
"3": "ꦮꦪꦁ",
"t": "shadow; imagination; puppetry"
},
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"name": "translit"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kaw",
"3": "wayaṅ"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ms",
"3": "wayang"
},
"expansion": "Malay wayang",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wajang"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wajang",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination; puppetry”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ via Malay wayang. Cognate with Dutch wajang. Sense of theatre extension from puppetry sense",
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"1": "-"
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{
"categories": [
"Singapore English",
"Singlish"
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"glosses": [
"For show, insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy."
],
"links": [
[
"For show",
"for show#English"
],
[
"ostentatious",
"ostentatious"
],
[
"showy",
"showy"
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],
"qualifier": "never attributive",
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"(Singapore, Singlish, never attributive) For show, insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy."
],
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"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"not-comparable"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑjɑŋ/",
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"Singapore"
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],
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{
"word": "wajang"
}
],
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}
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