See cif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "ha",
"2": "en",
"3": "chief"
},
"expansion": "English chief",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From English chief.",
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{
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]
}
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{
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],
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[
"chief",
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]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃîf/"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃɪ̂ɸ]",
"note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
}
],
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}
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}
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},
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[
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},
{
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"Hausa ideophones",
"Hausa lemmas",
"Hausa masculine nouns",
"Hausa nouns",
"Hausa terms borrowed from English",
"Hausa terms derived from English",
"Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"2": "en",
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},
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{
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},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃɪ̂ɸ]",
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}
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}
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