main in Tok Pisin

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "main"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay main",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay main.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "main",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play"
      ],
      "id": "en-main-tpi-verb-JCN-luUY",
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pilai"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "main"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "main"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay main",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay main.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "main",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tok Pisin lemmas",
        "Tok Pisin terms borrowed from Malay",
        "Tok Pisin terms derived from Malay",
        "Tok Pisin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pilai"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "main"
}

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"main" meaning in Tok Pisin

Verb