See been in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "beeng"
},
"expansion": "Maay beeng",
"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "dbr",
"2": "been"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gex",
"2": "been"
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "bob",
"2": "bee",
"3": "bee"
},
"expansion": "Aweer bee",
"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "rel",
"2": "been"
},
"expansion": "Rendille been",
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"1": "byn",
"2": "béñw"
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"1": "om",
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"t": "say, speak, utter"
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"1": "gex",
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"1": "bob",
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},
"expansion": "Rendille been",
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"ipa": "/ˈbɛ́ːn/"
}
],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Somali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (ade7ec3 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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