"mä" meaning in Luxembourgish

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "mais",
        "t": "but"
      },
      "expansion": "French mais (“but”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mais"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mais",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "magis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin magis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "niwære",
        "t": "but, only"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German niwære (“but, only”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "maar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch maar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "nëmmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish nëmmen",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French mais (“but”), from Old French mais, from Latin magis. Perhaps merged with a descendant of Middle High German niwære (“but, only”). Rests of such forms (mär, mar, mor) are attested in several dialects not far to the east and north of Luxembourg. It is plausible that this inherited word, which may already have become dated, was absorbed by the French borrowing. Compare Dutch maar and Luxembourgish nëmmen.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "mä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Luxembourgish",
  "lang_code": "lb",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        "but"
      ],
      "id": "en-mä-lb-conj-zcKZN4hx",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "awer"
        },
        {
          "word": "ma"
        },
        {
          "word": "mee"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mä"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "mais",
        "t": "but"
      },
      "expansion": "French mais (“but”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mais"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mais",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "magis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin magis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "niwære",
        "t": "but, only"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German niwære (“but, only”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "maar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch maar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "nëmmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish nëmmen",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French mais (“but”), from Old French mais, from Latin magis. Perhaps merged with a descendant of Middle High German niwære (“but, only”). Rests of such forms (mär, mar, mor) are attested in several dialects not far to the east and north of Luxembourg. It is plausible that this inherited word, which may already have become dated, was absorbed by the French borrowing. Compare Dutch maar and Luxembourgish nëmmen.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "mä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Luxembourgish",
  "lang_code": "lb",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Luxembourgish conjunctions",
        "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Luxembourgish lemmas",
        "Luxembourgish terms borrowed from French",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from French",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Latin",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Old French",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "awer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ma"
    },
    {
      "word": "mee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mä"
}