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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "balai polis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "balai raya"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "balairong seri"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "balai"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: balai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: balai"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nan",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Min Nan:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "貓厘",
"t": "couch",
"tr": "bâ-lî"
},
"expansion": "貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "→ Min Nan: 貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *balay",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "بالاي",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "balai-balai",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"j": "بالاي"
},
"expansion": "balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai)",
"name": "ms-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 15 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hall, station, large building for public uses"
],
"id": "en-balai-ms-noun-TqU1nYUS",
"links": [
[
"hall",
"hall"
],
[
"station",
"station"
],
[
"building",
"building"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 15 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"house"
],
"id": "en-balai-ms-noun-1uIShmIa",
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(possibly obsolete) house"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 83 17",
"sense": "house",
"word": "rumah"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"possibly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 15 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"veranda, a front part of traditional house"
],
"id": "en-balai-ms-noun-4nd1AhPv",
"links": [
[
"veranda",
"veranda"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house"
],
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/balai̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-alai̯"
},
{
"rhymes": "-lai̯"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯"
},
{
"audio": "ms-MY-balai.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Ms-MY-balai.ogg/Ms-MY-balai.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Ms-MY-balai.ogg"
}
],
"word": "balai"
}
{
"categories": [
"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/ai̯",
"Rhymes:Malay/alai̯",
"Rhymes:Malay/lai̯"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "balai polis"
},
{
"word": "balai raya"
},
{
"word": "balairong seri"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "balai"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: balai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: balai"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nan",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Min Nan:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "貓厘",
"t": "couch",
"tr": "bâ-lî"
},
"expansion": "貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "→ Min Nan: 貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *balay",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*balay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *balay",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "بالاي",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "balai-balai",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"j": "بالاي"
},
"expansion": "balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai)",
"name": "ms-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"hall, station, large building for public uses"
],
"links": [
[
"hall",
"hall"
],
[
"station",
"station"
],
[
"building",
"building"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Malay terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"house"
],
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(possibly obsolete) house"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"possibly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Malay dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"veranda, a front part of traditional house"
],
"links": [
[
"veranda",
"veranda"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house"
],
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/balai̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-alai̯"
},
{
"rhymes": "-lai̯"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯"
},
{
"audio": "ms-MY-balai.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Ms-MY-balai.ogg/Ms-MY-balai.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Ms-MY-balai.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "house",
"word": "rumah"
}
],
"word": "balai"
}
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