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"english": "mother",
"word": "ìyá"
}
],
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"english": "grandfather",
"word": "bàbá-àgbà"
},
{
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"english": "maternal grandfather",
"word": "bàbá-ìyá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "paternal grandfather",
"word": "bàbábàbá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "A hailing of the Alaafin of Oyo",
"word": "Ikú bàbá-yèyé!"
}
],
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{
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]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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"father, dad"
],
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[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"dad",
"dad"
]
],
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{
"word": "baba"
},
{
"word": "àbá"
},
{
"word": "iba"
},
{
"word": "bàá"
},
{
"word": "bà"
},
{
"word": "dádì"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A term of respect or endearment for an older man, male relative, or a higher ranking man."
],
"id": "en-baba-yo-noun-guFZVYvu",
"links": [
[
"respect",
"respect"
],
[
"endearment",
"endearment"
],
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"relative",
"relative"
]
]
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ (“blacksmith”))."
],
"id": "en-baba-yo-noun-npZIsLVc",
"links": [
[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"occupation",
"occupation"
],
[
"bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ",
"baba-alagbẹdẹ#Yoruba"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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}
],
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}
{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "uncle",
"word": "baba-kékeré"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "godfather",
"word": "baba-nígbẹ̀ẹ́jọ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "chief healer of a town",
"word": "Baba-ìṣègùn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "A prince of the Oyo royal family",
"word": "Baba-ìyajì"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "male ancestor",
"word": "baba-ńlá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "grandfather",
"word": "babababa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "Ifa priest",
"word": "babaláwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Babájídé"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Babánùmí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Babárímisá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Babátúndé"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Balógun"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baálẹ̀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "head of the household",
"word": "baálé"
}
],
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"father"
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[
"father",
"father"
]
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}
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},
{
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"elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder"
],
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[
"elderly",
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],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"wisdom",
"wisdom"
],
[
"sage",
"sage"
],
[
"elder",
"elder"
]
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}
]
},
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"Energy",
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"Nature",
"Perception",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
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],
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{
"english": "The ostrich, the most revered of all the birds",
"text": "ògòǹgò, baba ẹyẹ",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"revered or senior leader or entity"
],
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[
"revered",
"revered"
],
[
"senior",
"senior"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"entity",
"entity"
]
]
},
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"Body",
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},
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Grains",
"orig": "yo:Grains",
"parents": [
"Foods",
"Grasses",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Commelinids",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Plants",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Lifeforms",
"Life",
"Nature"
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}
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"male ancestor"
],
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[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"ancestor",
"ancestor"
]
],
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"word": "baba-nla"
}
]
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"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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],
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"A prefix for given names in the class orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá, given to children who are believed to be reincarnations of a male ancestor. (ex. Babájídé, Babátúndé)."
],
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[
"prefix",
"prefix"
],
[
"given",
"given"
],
[
"names",
"names"
],
[
"orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá",
"orukọ amutọrunwa#Yoruba"
],
[
"reincarnations",
"reincarnations"
],
[
"Babájídé",
"Babajide#Yoruba"
],
[
"Babátúndé",
"Babatunde#Yoruba"
]
]
}
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}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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"args": {},
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"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|-",
"name": "!-"
},
{
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"2": "Chemical elements",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "topics"
},
{
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"lang": "yo",
"next1": "síǹkì",
"next2": "",
"next_qual": "Zn",
"prev1": "níkùlù",
"prev2": "",
"prev_qual": "Ni",
"sort": "",
"symbol": "Cu",
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"trnext2": "",
"trprev1": "",
"trprev2": ""
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],
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"english": "bronze",
"word": "bàbàganran"
}
],
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],
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"name": "bor"
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"Work",
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{
"word": "onigbajamọ"
},
{
"word": "agẹrun"
},
{
"word": "gẹrun-gẹrun"
}
]
}
],
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[
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[
"Sorghum bicolor",
"Sorghum bicolor#Translingual"
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"word": "ọka baba"
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{
"word": "jero"
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[
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"word": "ẹpọn"
}
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}
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}
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"word": "rá bàbà"
}
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"to be quickly and rapidly hovering"
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{
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{
"categories": [],
"derived": [
{
"english": "secrecy, privacy",
"word": "ìbàábá"
}
],
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{
"english": "Plentiful amount of money",
"text": "bábá owó",
"type": "example"
}
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{
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"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
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],
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"english": "mother",
"word": "ìyá"
}
],
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{
"english": "grandfather",
"word": "bàbá-àgbà"
},
{
"english": "maternal grandfather",
"word": "bàbá-ìyá"
},
{
"english": "paternal grandfather",
"word": "bàbábàbá"
},
{
"english": "A hailing of the Alaafin of Oyo",
"word": "Ikú bàbá-yèyé!"
}
],
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"father, dad"
],
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"dad",
"dad"
]
],
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{
"word": "baba"
},
{
"word": "àbá"
},
{
"word": "iba"
},
{
"word": "bàá"
},
{
"word": "bà"
},
{
"word": "dádì"
}
]
},
{
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],
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[
"respect",
"respect"
],
[
"endearment",
"endearment"
],
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"relative",
"relative"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba links with redundant target parameters"
],
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"A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ (“blacksmith”))."
],
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[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"occupation",
"occupation"
],
[
"bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ",
"baba-alagbẹdẹ#Yoruba"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/bà.bá/"
}
],
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}
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"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
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"Yoruba lemmas",
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"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
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{
"english": "uncle",
"word": "baba-kékeré"
},
{
"english": "godfather",
"word": "baba-nígbẹ̀ẹ́jọ́"
},
{
"english": "chief healer of a town",
"word": "Baba-ìṣègùn"
},
{
"english": "A prince of the Oyo royal family",
"word": "Baba-ìyajì"
},
{
"english": "male ancestor",
"word": "baba-ńlá"
},
{
"english": "grandfather",
"word": "babababa"
},
{
"english": "Ifa priest",
"word": "babaláwo"
},
{
"word": "Babájídé"
},
{
"word": "Babánùmí"
},
{
"word": "Babárímisá"
},
{
"word": "Babátúndé"
},
{
"word": "Balógun"
},
{
"word": "baálẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "head of the household",
"word": "baálé"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "nouns"
},
"expansion": "baba",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"father"
],
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "baba"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder"
],
"links": [
[
"elderly",
"elderly"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"wisdom",
"wisdom"
],
[
"sage",
"sage"
],
[
"elder",
"elder"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "baba"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "The ostrich, the most revered of all the birds",
"text": "ògòǹgò, baba ẹyẹ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"revered or senior leader or entity"
],
"links": [
[
"revered",
"revered"
],
[
"senior",
"senior"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"entity",
"entity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"male ancestor"
],
"links": [
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"ancestor",
"ancestor"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "baba-nla"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba links with redundant target parameters"
],
"glosses": [
"A prefix for given names in the class orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá, given to children who are believed to be reincarnations of a male ancestor. (ex. Babájídé, Babátúndé)."
],
"links": [
[
"prefix",
"prefix"
],
[
"given",
"given"
],
[
"names",
"names"
],
[
"orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá",
"orukọ amutọrunwa#Yoruba"
],
[
"reincarnations",
"reincarnations"
],
[
"Babájídé",
"Babajide#Yoruba"
],
[
"Babátúndé",
"Babatunde#Yoruba"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bā.bā/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba adjectives",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba ideophones",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Chemical elements",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "bronze",
"word": "bàbàganran"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|-",
"name": "!-"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|-",
"name": "!-"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Chemical elements",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "topics"
},
{
"args": {
"demo": "",
"lang": "yo",
"next1": "síǹkì",
"next2": "",
"next_qual": "Zn",
"prev1": "níkùlù",
"prev2": "",
"prev_qual": "Ni",
"sort": "",
"symbol": "Cu",
"trnext1": "",
"trnext2": "",
"trprev1": "",
"trprev2": ""
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "elements/dowork"
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Cu",
"3": "níkùlù",
"4": "Ni",
"5": "síǹkì",
"6": "Zn"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "elements"
}
],
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"form": "bàbà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "nouns",
"head": "bàbà"
},
"expansion": "bàbà",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29)"
],
"links": [
[
"copper",
"copper"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bà.bà/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba adjectives",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba ideophones",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms borrowed from English",
"Yoruba terms derived from English",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "en",
"3": "barber"
},
"expansion": "English barber",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English barber.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bábà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "nouns",
"head": "bábà"
},
"expansion": "bábà",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"barber"
],
"links": [
[
"barber",
"barber"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "onigbajamọ"
},
{
"word": "agẹrun"
},
{
"word": "gẹrun-gẹrun"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bá.bà/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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"Yoruba adjectives",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba ideophones",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant target parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Etymology 3 (bàbà (“copper”)), in reference to the copper-like color of sorghum",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bàbà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "nouns",
"head": "bàbà"
},
"expansion": "bàbà",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"sorghum, millet, (in particular) Sorghum bicolor"
],
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[
"sorghum",
"sorghum"
],
[
"millet",
"millet"
],
[
"Sorghum bicolor",
"Sorghum bicolor#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ọka baba"
},
{
"word": "jero"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum"
],
"links": [
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"red",
"red"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ẹpọn"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/bà.bà/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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"Yoruba adjectives",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba ideophones",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to hover",
"word": "rá bàbà"
}
],
"etymology_number": 6,
"etymology_text": "Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bàbà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "bábá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ideophones",
"head": "bàbà"
},
"expansion": "bàbà",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ideophones",
"head": "bábá"
},
"expansion": "bábá",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to be quickly and rapidly hovering"
],
"links": [
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"rapidly",
"rapidly"
],
[
"hovering",
"hovering"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an object) to be quickly and rapidly hovering"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an object",
"ideophone"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bà.bà/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bá.bá/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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"Yoruba adjectives",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba ideophones",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Colors",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Grains",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:Plants"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "secrecy, privacy",
"word": "ìbàábá"
}
],
"etymology_number": 6,
"etymology_text": "Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense",
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{
"form": "bábá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "adjectives",
"head": "bábá"
},
"expansion": "bábá",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Plentiful amount of money",
"text": "bábá owó",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plentiful"
],
"links": [
[
"plentiful",
"plentiful"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bà.bà/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bá.bá/"
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yoruba dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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