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"etymology_text": "Influenced by Baybayin character ᜋ (ma).",
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},
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"word": "eme"
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]
},
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]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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},
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"term of address for one's mother: mom; mum; mommy; mummy; momma; maw"
],
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],
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],
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],
[
"mum",
"mum"
],
[
"mommy",
"mommy"
],
[
"mummy",
"mummy"
],
[
"momma",
"momma"
],
[
"maw",
"maw"
]
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"word": "nay"
},
{
"word": "inay"
},
{
"word": "mama"
},
{
"word": "ina"
},
{
"word": "inang"
},
{
"word": "nanay"
}
],
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},
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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}
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"mollusk with a shell that looks like a coat of mail"
],
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],
[
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]
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]
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]
},
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
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}
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}
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],
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"m",
"m#Tagalog"
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},
{
"word": "eme"
}
]
}
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
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}
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"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
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"Tagalog lemmas",
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},
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},
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"term of address for one's mother: mom; mum; mommy; mummy; momma; maw"
],
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"term of address",
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[
"mother",
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"mom",
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"mum",
"mum"
],
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"mommy",
"mommy"
],
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"mummy",
"mummy"
],
[
"momma",
"momma"
],
[
"maw",
"maw"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nay"
},
{
"word": "inay"
},
{
"word": "mama"
},
{
"word": "ina"
},
{
"word": "inang"
},
{
"word": "nanay"
}
],
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"childish",
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"informal"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ma/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[mɐ]",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
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}
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"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Baybayin"
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}
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"ma"
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"shell",
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"coat of mail",
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]
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"zoology"
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}
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"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[mɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "ma"
}
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