See matao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜋᜆᜂ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "tao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "matao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matatao",
"source": "inflection",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mas matao",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"superior"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"inferior",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hindi gaanong matatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inferior",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kasingtao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"equal"
]
},
{
"form": "ang pinakamatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ang pinakamatatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "napakamatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "napakamatatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pagkatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pagkatao-tao",
"source": "inflection",
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"absolute",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"b": "+",
"pl": "matatao"
},
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"name": "tl-adj"
}
],
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"ma‧ta‧o"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ma‧ta‧o"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "adj",
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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{
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"glosses": [
"full of people; crowded"
],
"id": "en-matao-tl-adj-2n2mx~9T",
"links": [
[
"full",
"full"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"crowded",
"crowded"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maˈtaʔo/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[mɐˈt̪aː.ʔo]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"*ma-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/ma-#Proto-Austronesian:_stative_prefix"
],
[
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[
"*Cau",
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[
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[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/tau"
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"tao",
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"ma-",
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"forms": [
{
"form": "matatao",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜋᜆᜂ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
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"table-tags"
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "tao",
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"tags": [
"root"
]
},
{
"form": "matao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "matatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mas matao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"superior"
]
},
{
"form": "mas matatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"superior"
]
},
{
"form": "hindi gaanong matao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inferior",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hindi gaanong matatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inferior",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kasingtao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"equal"
]
},
{
"form": "ang pinakamatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ang pinakamatatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "napakamatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "napakamatatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pagkatao",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"absolute",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"absolute",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"b": "+",
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},
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}
],
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"ma‧ta‧o"
],
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{
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]
}
],
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"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "adj",
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"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
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"Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔo",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔo/3 syllables",
"Tagalog 3-syllable words",
"Tagalog adjectives",
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"Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
"Tagalog entries with etymon",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog terms prefixed with ma- (stative prefix)",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
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"full of people; crowded"
],
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[
"full",
"full"
],
[
"people",
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],
[
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"crowded"
]
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maˈtaʔo/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
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},
{
"ipa": "[mɐˈt̪aː.ʔo]",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʔo"
}
],
"word": "matao"
}
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