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"name": "cog"
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"1": "zu",
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"expansion": "Hausa nyamnyam",
"name": "cog"
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"3": "",
"4": "animal"
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"expansion": "Luba-Kasai nyama (“animal”)",
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{
"word": "dawg nyam yuh suppa"
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"english": "Those guys ate all of the bread, and now they want to give us crumbs.",
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"english": "We shouldn't waste everything we get. We have to save and invest some of it.",
"text": "We cyaan nyam everything weh we get. Wi haffi save some and invest some.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I just went home. Then I spent all the money.",
"text": "Me jus go home and nyam di money.",
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