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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a shave",
"translation": "a shave",
"word": "ayie"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi adi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "to look away",
"translation": "to look away",
"word": "yi ani"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi firi mu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi gu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi kyerɛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi mu koraa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yi sika"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "yiyi",
"tags": [
"reduplication"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "verb",
"3": "reduplication",
"4": "yiyi"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to remove"
],
"id": "en-yi-ak-verb-G11PZKef",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 6 20 4 18 7 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to select"
],
"id": "en-yi-ak-verb-p~WN4bce",
"links": [
[
"select",
"select"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yiyi mu"
},
{
"word": "yɛ nyiyimu"
},
{
"word": "sa mu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 6 15 0 4 29 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pluck"
],
"id": "en-yi-ak-verb-QvTreQ4f",
"links": [
[
"pluck",
"pluck"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"english": "I don't shave my armpit.",
"text": "Menyi m'amɔtoam.",
"translation": "I don't shave my armpit.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to shave"
],
"id": "en-yi-ak-verb-m4VAwUdS",
"links": [
[
"shave",
"shave"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "twerɛ"
},
{
"word": "werɛ"
}
]
},
{
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{
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},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 6 15 0 4 29 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives."
],
"id": "en-yi-ak-verb-LBHYgQhy",
"links": [
[
"productive",
"productive#English"
],
[
"light verb",
"light verb#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
{
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"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "yi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 6 20 4 18 7 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 6 15 0 4 29 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"this"
],
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"links": [
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yei"
},
{
"word": "nie"
}
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
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"2": "noun"
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"expansion": "yi",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"withdrawal"
],
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"withdrawal"
]
]
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],
"word": "yi"
}
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"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "15 6 15 0 4 29 6 25",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"this"
],
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"links": [
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(postpositive) this"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wei"
}
],
"tags": [
"postpositional"
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
{
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"Akan determiners",
"Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"Akan lemmas",
"Akan nouns",
"Akan pronouns",
"Akan verbs",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "a shave",
"translation": "a shave",
"word": "ayie"
},
{
"word": "yi adi"
},
{
"english": "to look away",
"translation": "to look away",
"word": "yi ani"
},
{
"word": "yi firi mu"
},
{
"word": "yi gu"
},
{
"word": "yi kyerɛ"
},
{
"word": "yi mu koraa"
},
{
"word": "yi sika"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "yiyi",
"tags": [
"reduplication"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "verb",
"3": "reduplication",
"4": "yiyi"
},
"expansion": "yi (reduplication yiyi)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to remove"
],
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to select"
],
"links": [
[
"select",
"select"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yiyi mu"
},
{
"word": "yɛ nyiyimu"
},
{
"word": "sa mu"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to pluck"
],
"links": [
[
"pluck",
"pluck"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Akan terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"english": "I don't shave my armpit.",
"text": "Menyi m'amɔtoam.",
"translation": "I don't shave my armpit.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to shave"
],
"links": [
[
"shave",
"shave"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "twerɛ"
},
{
"word": "werɛ"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives."
],
"links": [
[
"productive",
"productive#English"
],
[
"light verb",
"light verb#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
{
"categories": [
"Akan determiners",
"Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"Akan lemmas",
"Akan nouns",
"Akan pronouns",
"Akan verbs",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "yi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"this"
],
"links": [
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yei"
},
{
"word": "nie"
}
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
{
"categories": [
"Akan determiners",
"Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"Akan lemmas",
"Akan nouns",
"Akan pronouns",
"Akan verbs",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "yi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"withdrawal"
],
"links": [
[
"withdrawal",
"withdrawal"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
{
"categories": [
"Akan determiners",
"Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"Akan lemmas",
"Akan nouns",
"Akan pronouns",
"Akan verbs",
"Pages with 21 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "determiner"
},
"expansion": "yi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"this"
],
"links": [
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(postpositive) this"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wei"
}
],
"tags": [
"postpositional"
]
}
],
"word": "yi"
}
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