See bes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"vicis",
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"vez",
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"vez",
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"beses",
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"Baybayin"
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"Tagalog doublets",
"Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
"Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
"Tagalog entries with etymon",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog gay slang",
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"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from English",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish",
"Tagalog terms derived from English",
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"Tagalog terms derived from Spanish",
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"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-#Proto-Indo-European:_curve"
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"vez",
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],
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"vez",
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"vicis",
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"beses",
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