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{
"form": "cālī",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "cālin",
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]
}
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"mesh bag"
],
"id": "en-cali-ha-noun-6mY7eLaw",
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],
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],
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]
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃáː.líː/"
},
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"ipa": "[t͡ʃáː.líː]",
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},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃàː.lí/"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃàː.lɪ́]",
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}
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}
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},
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{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃàː.lí/"
},
{
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"Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
"Hausa lemmas",
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],
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"mesh",
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],
[
"bag",
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]
]
},
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],
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]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃáː.líː]",
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},
{
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},
{
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃáː.líː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃáː.líː]",
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},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃàː.lí/"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃàː.lɪ́]",
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}
],
"word": "cali"
}
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