See ama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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{
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}
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"b": "+"
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"All topics",
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{
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{
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},
{
"word": "haligi ng tahanan"
},
{
"word": "erpat"
},
{
"word": "pudra"
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{
"word": "bapa"
}
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{
"word": "tagapagtatag"
}
],
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[
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"parents": [],
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{
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"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
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{
"ipa": "[ʔɐˈma]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "ama"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish ama",
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],
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{
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}
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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},
{
"_dis": "0 19 12 0 22 11 16 13 8",
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"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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[
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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}
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"2": "zh",
"3": "-"
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"name": "der"
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}
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"args": {
"b": "+"
},
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[
"rarely",
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[
"seldom",
"seldom"
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{
"word": "bihira"
},
{
"word": "madalang"
},
{
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}
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈʔama/",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔaː.mɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ama"
}
],
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"1": "tl",
"2": "nan-hbl",
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{
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"alternative"
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: angkong"
},
{
"english": "Mom is a Chinese mestiza. My grandmother and grandfather are businesspeople. Grandpa is a pure Chinese. Their family evacuated from Macau and it was here in the Philippines where they started a small store until it flourished and became a grocery.",
"ref": "2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, page 11:",
"text": "Mestisang Tsina naman si Nanay. Negosyante sina Ama at Angkong ko. Purong Tsino si Angkong. Lumikas mula sa Macao ang pamilya nila at dito sa Pilipinas nagtayo ng isang maliit na tindahan hanggang sa lumago ito at naging isang grocery.",
"type": "quote"
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[
"paternal",
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[
"grandmother",
"grandmother"
],
[
"grandma",
"grandma"
]
],
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{
"word": "lola"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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{
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],
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{
"english": "It was in the Philippines already where Grandpa married Grandma. Grandma's mother is a Filipina but they are the ones who are stricter in Chinese superstitions.",
"ref": "2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, page 11:",
"text": "Sa Pilipinas na napangasawa ni Angkong si Ama. Pilipina ang nanay ni Ama pero sila ang mas mahigpit sa mga pamahiing Tsino.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"term of address",
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]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ʔaˈma/",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʔɐˈma]",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/a",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/a/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog colloquialisms",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog palindromes",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"tl:Family"
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"word": "Ama Namin"
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{
"word": "ama-amahan"
},
{
"word": "amama"
},
{
"word": "Amansinaya"
},
{
"word": "amang kahoy"
},
{
"word": "amang-kasal"
},
{
"word": "amang-kumpil"
},
{
"word": "amang-panguman"
},
{
"word": "amang-tanda"
},
{
"word": "Araw ng mga Ama"
},
{
"word": "Diyos Ama"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "mag-aama"
},
{
"word": "mag-ama"
},
{
"word": "mag-ama-amahan"
},
{
"word": "makaama"
},
{
"word": "pagkaama"
},
{
"word": "pinag-amahan"
},
{
"word": "ulila sa ama"
},
{
"word": "uten ng ama mo"
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"1": "tao",
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}
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{
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{
"word": "Pan"
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"Tagalog literary terms"
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"father"
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],
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"word": "tatay"
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{
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},
{
"word": "itay"
},
{
"word": "haligi ng tahanan"
},
{
"word": "erpat"
},
{
"word": "pudra"
},
{
"word": "bapa"
}
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"literary"
]
},
{
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"founder; organizer"
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"founder",
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[
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"(figurative) founder; organizer"
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{
"word": "tagapagtatag"
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"glosses": [
"senior; older"
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"sire"
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"ipa": "/ʔaˈma/",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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"ipa": "[ʔɐˈma]",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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"rhymes": "-a"
}
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"mistress; housewife"
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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"rarely; seldom"
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"word": "bihira"
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"word": "madalang"
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"word": "manaka-naka"
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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"name": "bor+"
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"form": "amá",
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜀᜋ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
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"form": "ahma",
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"alternative"
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{
"form": "amma",
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"alternative"
]
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{
"form": "amah",
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"alternative"
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}
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: angkong"
},
{
"english": "Mom is a Chinese mestiza. My grandmother and grandfather are businesspeople. Grandpa is a pure Chinese. Their family evacuated from Macau and it was here in the Philippines where they started a small store until it flourished and became a grocery.",
"ref": "2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, page 11:",
"text": "Mestisang Tsina naman si Nanay. Negosyante sina Ama at Angkong ko. Purong Tsino si Angkong. Lumikas mula sa Macao ang pamilya nila at dito sa Pilipinas nagtayo ng isang maliit na tindahan hanggang sa lumago ito at naging isang grocery.",
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"grandmother",
"grandmother"
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"grandma",
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{
"word": "lola"
}
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{
"english": "It was in the Philippines already where Grandpa married Grandma. Grandma's mother is a Filipina but they are the ones who are stricter in Chinese superstitions.",
"ref": "2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, page 11:",
"text": "Sa Pilipinas na napangasawa ni Angkong si Ama. Pilipina ang nanay ni Ama pero sila ang mas mahigpit sa mga pamahiing Tsino.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"term of address for one's paternal grandmother"
],
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]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʔaˈma/",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ʔɐˈma]",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "ama"
}
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