See kamote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
"form": "kamuti",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kamote (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ)",
"name": "tl-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ka‧mo‧te"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ka‧mo‧te"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "loko"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog slang"
],
"glosses": [
"puzzled; unable to figure out how to resolve a problem or a task"
],
"links": [
[
"puzzled",
"puzzled"
],
[
"unable",
"unable"
],
[
"figure out",
"figure out"
],
[
"resolve",
"resolve"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
],
[
"task",
"task"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) puzzled; unable to figure out how to resolve a problem or a task"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaˈmote/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[k̠ɐˈmoː.t̪ɛ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ote"
}
],
"word": "kamote"
}
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