See pili in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "tsg",
"2": "pī'"
},
"expansion": "Tausug pī'",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "pilih"
},
"expansion": "Malay pilih",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Austronesian *piliq\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq\nTagalog pili\nInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq. Compare Tausug pī' and Malay pilih.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pilî",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜉᜒᜎᜒ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pilî",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "pilî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)",
"name": "tl-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pi‧li"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"pi‧li"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "limitado"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"select (privileged, specially selected)"
],
"links": [
[
"select",
"select"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpiliʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpiː.lɪʔ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iliʔ"
},
{
"ipa": "/piˈliʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[pɪˈlɪʔ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iʔ"
}
],
"word": "pili"
}
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