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{
"etymology_text": "From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).",
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}
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"Vision",
"Energy",
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"Perception",
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"Fundamental",
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}
],
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{
"english": "green banana",
"text": "ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That black bird is beautiful",
"text": "Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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"dark",
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]
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"dark-skinned"
],
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"dark-skinned",
"dark-skinned"
]
]
}
],
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}
],
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"word": "dídú"
},
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}
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).",
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}
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"blackness; black colour"
],
"id": "en-dudu-yo-noun-Sv0EDibT",
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"blackness",
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],
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"black",
"black"
]
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},
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Which textile do you want to buy? I want the black one.",
"text": "Aṣọ wo lẹ fẹ́ rà? Dúdú ni mo fẹ́.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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"dark",
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}
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}
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"word": "dúdú osùn"
},
{
"english": "jute mallow; ewedu soup",
"word": "ewédú"
},
{
"english": "to be dishonest",
"word": "fi dúdú pe funfun"
},
{
"english": "black soap",
"word": "ọṣẹ dúdú"
}
],
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{
"english": "That bird is black",
"text": "Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It has darkened due to sun damage",
"text": "Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue"
],
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"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
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[
"green",
"green"
],
[
"blue",
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]
],
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]
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{
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}
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}
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"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba reduplications",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs",
"yo:Colors"
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"etymology_text": "From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).",
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{
"english": "green banana",
"text": "ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That black bird is beautiful",
"text": "Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"black; dark; deep green; deep blue"
],
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[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"green",
"green"
],
[
"blue",
"blue"
]
]
},
{
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{
"word": "pupa"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dark-skinned"
],
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"dark-skinned",
"dark-skinned"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/dú.dú/"
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],
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{
"word": "dídú"
},
{
"word": "dídún"
}
],
"word": "dudu"
}
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"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba reduplications",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"etymology_text": "From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dúdú",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"blackness; black colour"
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"blackness"
],
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"black",
"black"
]
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Which textile do you want to buy? I want the black one.",
"text": "Aṣọ wo lẹ fẹ́ rà? Dúdú ni mo fẹ́.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"something that is black or dark in colour"
],
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[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dú.dú/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dídú"
},
{
"word": "dídún"
}
],
"word": "dudu"
}
{
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"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba reduplications",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs",
"yo:Colors"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "dúdú osùn"
},
{
"english": "jute mallow; ewedu soup",
"word": "ewédú"
},
{
"english": "to be dishonest",
"word": "fi dúdú pe funfun"
},
{
"english": "black soap",
"word": "ọṣẹ dúdú"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).",
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{
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"canonical"
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}
],
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"2": "dúdú"
},
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],
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{
"english": "That bird is black",
"text": "Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It has darkened due to sun damage",
"text": "Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue"
],
"links": [
[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"green",
"green"
],
[
"blue",
"blue"
]
],
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{
"word": "dú"
}
]
}
],
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dídú"
},
{
"word": "dídún"
}
],
"word": "dudu"
}
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