tua-tua in Malay

IPA: /tua tua/, [tuə tuə] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: توا٢ [Jawi], tua-tua -tua-tua [plural], tua-tua ku [first-person, informal, possessive], tua-tua mu [possessive, second-person], tua-tua nya [possessive, third-person] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Reduplication of tua. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|ms|tua}} Reduplication of tua Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=توا٢}} tua-tua (Jawi spelling توا٢, plural tua-tua-tua-tua, informal 1st possessive tua-tuaku, 2nd possessive tua-tuamu, 3rd possessive tua-tuanya)

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tua"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of tua",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of tua.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "توا٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua -tua-tua",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua ku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua mu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua nya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "توا٢"
      },
      "expansion": "tua-tua (Jawi spelling توا٢, plural tua-tua-tua-tua, informal 1st possessive tua-tuaku, 2nd possessive tua-tuamu, 3rd possessive tua-tuanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Malay reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who is your leader?",
          "text": "Siapakah tua-tua kamu?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leader, chief, boss"
      ],
      "id": "en-tua-tua-ms-noun-xp6jsdxL",
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ketua"
        },
        {
          "word": "pemimpin"
        },
        {
          "word": "penghulu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kepala"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tua tua/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tuə tuə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tua-tua"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tua"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of tua",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of tua.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "توا٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua -tua-tua",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua ku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua mu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tua-tua nya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "توا٢"
      },
      "expansion": "tua-tua (Jawi spelling توا٢, plural tua-tua-tua-tua, informal 1st possessive tua-tuaku, 2nd possessive tua-tuamu, 3rd possessive tua-tuanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay multiword terms",
        "Malay nouns",
        "Malay reduplications",
        "Malay terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who is your leader?",
          "text": "Siapakah tua-tua kamu?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leader, chief, boss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ketua"
        },
        {
          "word": "pemimpin"
        },
        {
          "word": "penghulu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kepala"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tua tua/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tuə tuə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tua-tua"
}

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"tua-tua" meaning in Malay

Noun