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},
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"word": "ewàng"
},
{
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{
"sense": "affixations",
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},
{
"sense": "affixations",
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{
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"word": "pappaewàng"
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{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "parewa"
},
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "piewài"
},
{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "rewa"
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{
"sense": "affixations",
"word": "siewa"
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9,
16
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],
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16,
27
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],
"english": "No one dares to take him on (or bet against him).",
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"or bet against him"
],
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"translation": "No one dares to take him on (or bet against him).",
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},
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2,
5
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3,
10
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"english": "He resists me (or contradicts me, bets against me).",
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"or contradicts me, bets against me"
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"to dare to take on; to oppose; to contradict; to bet against someone"
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"(transitive) to dare to take on; to oppose; to contradict; to bet against someone"
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"Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)",
"Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂óyu",
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"pos": "verb",
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9,
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16,
27
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],
"english": "No one dares to take him on (or bet against him).",
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"or bet against him"
],
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"translation": "No one dares to take him on (or bet against him).",
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2,
5
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3,
10
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"english": "He resists me (or contradicts me, bets against me).",
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"or contradicts me, bets against me"
],
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"translation": "He resists me (or contradicts me, bets against me).",
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}
],
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"to dare to take on; to oppose; to contradict; to bet against someone"
],
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[
"take on",
"take on"
],
[
"oppose",
"oppose"
],
[
"contradict",
"contradict"
],
[
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]
],
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"(transitive) to dare to take on; to oppose; to contradict; to bet against someone"
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈewa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈe.wa]"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for ewa meaning in Makasar (3.9kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized head form: Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨓ or 𑻱𑻵𑻯",
"path": [
"ewa"
],
"section": "Makasar",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "ewa",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: semi-transitive anngewa",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Makasar",
"subsection": "verb",
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