See whai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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2,
6
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11
]
],
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"text": "Kei te whai au te pene.",
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{
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"word": "whai keo"
},
{
"word": "whai manu"
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{
"word": "whai repo"
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{
"word": "whai uku"
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"1": "tl",
"2": "pagi"
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"expansion": "Tagalog pagi",
"name": "cog"
}
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"skate (fish of family Rajidae)"
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}
],
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],
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"word": "whaikōrero"
},
{
"word": "whaitaki"
},
{
"word": "whaitiri"
},
{
"word": "whāinga"
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{
"word": "whaiwhai"
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{
"word": "whāwhai"
}
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}
],
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]
},
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"glosses": [
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]
},
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"glosses": [
"to proceed to a following action"
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]
}
],
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{
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}
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6
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7,
11
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],
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"text": "Kei te whai au te pene.",
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"to possess, to have"
],
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],
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"have",
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]
]
}
],
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{
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},
{
"ipa": "[fɐ.i]"
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],
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}
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