blu in Tok Pisin

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "blue"
      },
      "expansion": "English blue",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bi,pis",
        "2": "blu"
      },
      "expansion": "Bislama and Pijin blu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English blue. Cognate with Bislama and Pijin blu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "blu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 17 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpi",
          "name": "Blues",
          "orig": "tpi:Blues",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpi",
          "name": "Colors of the rainbow",
          "orig": "tpi:Colors of the rainbow",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "blupela"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blue (color/colour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-blu-tpi-adj-aLfLp7X4",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blupela"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blu"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blupela"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "blue"
      },
      "expansion": "English blue",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bi,pis",
        "2": "blu"
      },
      "expansion": "Bislama and Pijin blu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English blue. Cognate with Bislama and Pijin blu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "blu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 17 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tok Pisin adjectives",
        "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tok Pisin lemmas",
        "Tok Pisin terms derived from English",
        "Tok Pisin terms inherited from English",
        "tpi:Blues",
        "tpi:Colors of the rainbow"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blue (color/colour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blupela"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blu"
}

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"blu" meaning in Tok Pisin

Adjective