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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "yue",
"3": "啱"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Cantonese 啱 (ngaam¹)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 啱 (ngaam¹).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ڠم",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "lebih ngam",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "paling ngam",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"j": "ڠم"
},
"expansion": "ngam (Jawi spelling ڠم, comparative lebih ngam, superlative paling ngam)",
"name": "ms-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ngam"
]
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Appropriate or suitable for someone or something."
],
"id": "en-ngam-ms-adj-WaRkhZdm",
"links": [
[
"Appropriate",
"appropriate"
],
[
"suitable",
"suitable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Appropriate or suitable for someone or something."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sesuai"
},
{
"word": "kena"
},
{
"word": "cocok"
},
{
"word": "sepadan"
},
{
"word": "sehati"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ŋam/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ŋam"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "ngam"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "yue",
"3": "啱"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Cantonese 啱 (ngaam¹)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 啱 (ngaam¹).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ڠم",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "lebih ngam",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "paling ngam",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"j": "ڠم"
},
"expansion": "ngam (Jawi spelling ڠم, comparative lebih ngam, superlative paling ngam)",
"name": "ms-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ngam"
]
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Malay adjectives",
"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay informal terms",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay terms borrowed from Cantonese",
"Malay terms derived from Cantonese",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/am",
"Rhymes:Malay/am/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:Malay/ŋam"
],
"glosses": [
"Appropriate or suitable for someone or something."
],
"links": [
[
"Appropriate",
"appropriate"
],
[
"suitable",
"suitable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Appropriate or suitable for someone or something."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sesuai"
},
{
"word": "kena"
},
{
"word": "cocok"
},
{
"word": "sepadan"
},
{
"word": "sehati"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ŋam/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ŋam"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "ngam"
}
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