"メタ言語" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [me̞ta̠ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞] Forms: メタ言語 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), ()), meta-gengo [romanization]
Etymology: From メタ (meta, “meta”) + 言(げん)語(ご) (gengo, “language”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|メタ||言%語|げん%ご|sort=めたげんご|t1=meta|t2=language}} メタ (meta, “meta”) + 言(げん)語(ご) (gengo, “language”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|メタ-げんご}} メタ言(げん)語(ご) • (meta-gengo)
  1. (linguistics, computing) metalanguage
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      "name": "ja-compound"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[me̞ta̠ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From メタ (meta, “meta”) + 言(げん)語(ご) (gengo, “language”).",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 言 read as げん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 語 read as ご",
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        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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      "ipa": "[me̞ta̠ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]"
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