"88" meaning in Translingual

See 88 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Symbol

Forms: 87 [previous], 89 [next]
Etymology: Arabic numerals: from 80 (“the cardinal number eighty”) + 8 (“the cardinal number eight”). Etymology templates: {{wp|88 (number)}}, {{wp}}, {{compound|mul|80|8|t1=the cardinal number eighty|t2=the cardinal number eight}} 80 (“the cardinal number eighty”) + 8 (“the cardinal number eight”) Head templates: {{head|mul|numeral symbol|previous|87|next|89}} 88 (previous 87, next 89)
  1. The cardinal number eighty-eight.
    Sense id: en-88-mul-symbol-exsIWgrG Categories (other): Translingual numeral symbols
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} 88
  1. (amateur radio, Morse code) An informal way to end a transition to a loved one: "love"; "hugs and kisses".
    Sense id: en-88-mul-symbol-Ql0UFeIT Categories (other): Amateur radio
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Symbol

Etymology: From HH, an abbreviation of Heil Hitler with the letters replaced by their numerical position in the alphabet. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} 88
  1. (neo-Nazism) Used to signify Heil Hitler. Derived forms: 1488
    Sense id: en-88-mul-symbol-mul:Heil_Hitler Categories (other): Neo-Nazism, Hindu-Arabic script, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Adolf Hitler Disambiguation of Hindu-Arabic script: 15 23 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 21 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 24 75 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 6 23 71 Disambiguation of Adolf Hitler: 1 5 94 Related terms: 捌拾捌 [Chinese, numeral], 八十八 [Chinese, numeral], ٨٨ [Arabic-Indic, numeral], ༨༨ [Tibetan, numeral], ८८ [Hindi, numeral], ૮૮ [Gujarati, numeral], ੮੮ [Gurmukhi, numeral], ৮৮ [Bengali, numeral], ୮୮ [Odia, numeral], ౮౮ [Telugu, numeral], ೮೮ [Kannada, numeral], ൮൮ [Malayalam, numeral], ௮௰௮ [Tamil, numeral], ៨៨ [Khmer, numeral], ๘๘ [Thai, numeral], ໘໘ [Lao, numeral], ၈၈ [Myanmar, numeral], ፰፲፰ [Amharic, numeral], ᠘᠘ [Mongolian, numeral], ᥎᥎ [Limbu, numeral], ---.. ---..
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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