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1.
sirō̆n
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A shoot, sprout.
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2.
sw-
consonant clust.
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For all words beginning with
sw-
from here to the end of this volume [of the print MED], the practice of the MED is to record all variant forms except those beginning with
su-
; forms with
su-
are…
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