"firi" meaning in Akan

See firi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fìrì [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ak|verb|head=fìrì}} fìrì
  1. (Twi) to come from, be from Tags: Twi Derived forms: firi aseɛ
    Sense id: en-firi-ak-verb-8Ju-FlwU Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Twi Akan
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    {
      "form": "fìrì",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fìrì"
      },
      "expansion": "fìrì",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Twi Akan",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "firi aseɛ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm from Ghana.",
          "text": "Mefiri Gaana.",
          "translation": "I'm from Ghana.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come from, be from"
      ],
      "id": "en-firi-ak-verb-8Ju-FlwU",
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Twi) to come from, be from"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "firi"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "firi aseɛ"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fìrì",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fìrì"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Akan lemmas",
        "Akan terms with usage examples",
        "Akan verbs",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Twi Akan"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm from Ghana.",
          "text": "Mefiri Gaana.",
          "translation": "I'm from Ghana.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come from, be from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Twi) to come from, be from"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "firi"
}

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