See wo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/voː/"
},
{
"audio": "De-wo.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/De-wo.ogg/De-wo.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/De-wo.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-wo2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/De-wo2.ogg/De-wo2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/De-wo2.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oː"
}
],
"word": "wo"
}
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