"abɔ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ewe]

IPA: /à.bɔ̌/ Audio: ee-abɔ.ogg Forms: àbɔ̌ [canonical], àbɔ̌ lá [definite, singular], àbɔ̌á [definite, singular], àbɔ̌wó [plural], àbɔ̌áwó [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Gbe *-bá, *-bɔ́. Cognates include Fon abɔ́, Gun abɔ́, Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ and Aja (West Africa) abá. Etymology templates: {{inh|ee|alv-gbe-pro|*-bá}} Proto-Gbe *-bá, {{cog|fon|abɔ́}} Fon abɔ́, {{cog|guw|abɔ́}} Gun abɔ́, {{cog|sxw|abɔ́}} Saxwe Gbe abɔ́, {{cog|ajg|abá}} Aja (West Africa) abá Head templates: {{ee-noun|àbɔ̌}} àbɔ̌ (definite singular àbɔ̌ lá or àbɔ̌á, plural àbɔ̌wó, definite plural àbɔ̌áwó)
  1. arm, upper arm
    Sense id: en-abɔ-ee-noun-csiXU-bY Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Ewe links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Ewe links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33
  2. foreleg (of an animal)
    Sense id: en-abɔ-ee-noun-qiL4a-iX Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Ewe links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Ewe links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33
  3. yard (unit of measure)
    Sense id: en-abɔ-ee-noun-pUX00LFy Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Ewe links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy, Units of measure Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Ewe links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 23 21 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alɔ (english: hand)
Derived forms: abɔɖega (english: bell), abɔɖekatɔ, abɔɖekɛtɔ (english: one-armed person), abɔƒu (english: arm bone), abɔƒuti (english: flexor muscles of the forearm), abɔgɛ, abɔga (english: upper arm armlet), abɔgligo (english: elbow), abɔgba (english: shoulder blade, scapula), abɔgbaƒu (english: shoulder blade, scapula), abɔka (english: arm nerve), abɔkuglui, abɔklugui (english: elbow; traditional measure of length), abɔkpo (english: residual limb), abɔkpo (english: upper arm armlet), abɔkpotɔ, abɔkpuitɔ (english: amputee), abɔlɛme (english: anterior forearm), abɔnɔ (english: strained arm), abɔŋɔŋlɔ (english: gardening), abɔŋɔŋlɔla (english: gardener), abɔsobui (english: brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm), abɔta (english: shoulder), abɔtaƒu (english: collarbone), abɔtanu (english: shoulder scarifications), abɔtasisi (english: vaccination), abɔtasitike (english: vaccine)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bell",
      "translation": "bell",
      "word": "abɔɖega"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "abɔɖekatɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "one-armed person",
      "translation": "one-armed person",
      "word": "abɔɖekɛtɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "arm bone",
      "translation": "arm bone",
      "word": "abɔƒu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "flexor muscles of the forearm",
      "translation": "flexor muscles of the forearm",
      "word": "abɔƒuti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "abɔgɛ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "upper arm armlet",
      "translation": "upper arm armlet",
      "word": "abɔga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "elbow",
      "translation": "elbow",
      "word": "abɔgligo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "translation": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "word": "abɔgba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "translation": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "word": "abɔgbaƒu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "arm nerve",
      "translation": "arm nerve",
      "word": "abɔka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "abɔkuglui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "elbow; traditional measure of length",
      "translation": "elbow; traditional measure of length",
      "word": "abɔklugui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "residual limb",
      "translation": "residual limb",
      "word": "abɔkpo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "upper arm armlet",
      "translation": "upper arm armlet",
      "word": "abɔkpo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "abɔkpotɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "amputee",
      "translation": "amputee",
      "word": "abɔkpuitɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "anterior forearm",
      "translation": "anterior forearm",
      "word": "abɔlɛme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "strained arm",
      "translation": "strained arm",
      "word": "abɔnɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "gardening",
      "translation": "gardening",
      "word": "abɔŋɔŋlɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "gardener",
      "translation": "gardener",
      "word": "abɔŋɔŋlɔla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm",
      "translation": "brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm",
      "word": "abɔsobui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "shoulder",
      "translation": "shoulder",
      "word": "abɔta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "collarbone",
      "translation": "collarbone",
      "word": "abɔtaƒu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "shoulder scarifications",
      "translation": "shoulder scarifications",
      "word": "abɔtanu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "vaccination",
      "translation": "vaccination",
      "word": "abɔtasisi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "vaccine",
      "translation": "vaccine",
      "word": "abɔtasitike"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-bá"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-bá",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "abɔ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon abɔ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "abɔ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Gun abɔ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "abɔ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe abɔ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "abá"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) abá",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-bá, *-bɔ́. Cognates include Fon abɔ́, Gun abɔ́, Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ and Aja (West Africa) abá.",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌ lá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌á",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌wó",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌áwó",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ee-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ewe",
  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "hand",
      "translation": "hand",
      "word": "alɔ"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ee",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ee:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arm, upper arm"
      ],
      "id": "en-abɔ-ee-noun-csiXU-bY",
      "links": [
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "upper arm",
          "upper arm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ee",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ee:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foreleg (of an animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-abɔ-ee-noun-qiL4a-iX",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreleg",
          "foreleg"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ee",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ee:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 21 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ee",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "ee:Units of measure",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yard (unit of measure)"
      ],
      "id": "en-abɔ-ee-noun-pUX00LFy",
      "links": [
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.bɔ̌/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "ee-abɔ.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Ee-ab%C9%94.ogg/Ee-ab%C9%94.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Ee-ab%C9%94.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abɔ"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Ewe lemmas",
    "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Ewe nouns",
    "Ewe terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
    "Ewe terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
    "Ewe terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ee:Anatomy",
    "ee:Units of measure"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bell",
      "translation": "bell",
      "word": "abɔɖega"
    },
    {
      "word": "abɔɖekatɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "one-armed person",
      "translation": "one-armed person",
      "word": "abɔɖekɛtɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm bone",
      "translation": "arm bone",
      "word": "abɔƒu"
    },
    {
      "english": "flexor muscles of the forearm",
      "translation": "flexor muscles of the forearm",
      "word": "abɔƒuti"
    },
    {
      "word": "abɔgɛ"
    },
    {
      "english": "upper arm armlet",
      "translation": "upper arm armlet",
      "word": "abɔga"
    },
    {
      "english": "elbow",
      "translation": "elbow",
      "word": "abɔgligo"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "translation": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "word": "abɔgba"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "translation": "shoulder blade, scapula",
      "word": "abɔgbaƒu"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm nerve",
      "translation": "arm nerve",
      "word": "abɔka"
    },
    {
      "word": "abɔkuglui"
    },
    {
      "english": "elbow; traditional measure of length",
      "translation": "elbow; traditional measure of length",
      "word": "abɔklugui"
    },
    {
      "english": "residual limb",
      "translation": "residual limb",
      "word": "abɔkpo"
    },
    {
      "english": "upper arm armlet",
      "translation": "upper arm armlet",
      "word": "abɔkpo"
    },
    {
      "word": "abɔkpotɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "amputee",
      "translation": "amputee",
      "word": "abɔkpuitɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "anterior forearm",
      "translation": "anterior forearm",
      "word": "abɔlɛme"
    },
    {
      "english": "strained arm",
      "translation": "strained arm",
      "word": "abɔnɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "gardening",
      "translation": "gardening",
      "word": "abɔŋɔŋlɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "gardener",
      "translation": "gardener",
      "word": "abɔŋɔŋlɔla"
    },
    {
      "english": "brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm",
      "translation": "brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm",
      "word": "abɔsobui"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder",
      "translation": "shoulder",
      "word": "abɔta"
    },
    {
      "english": "collarbone",
      "translation": "collarbone",
      "word": "abɔtaƒu"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder scarifications",
      "translation": "shoulder scarifications",
      "word": "abɔtanu"
    },
    {
      "english": "vaccination",
      "translation": "vaccination",
      "word": "abɔtasisi"
    },
    {
      "english": "vaccine",
      "translation": "vaccine",
      "word": "abɔtasitike"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Fon abɔ́",
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        "2": "abɔ́"
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        "2": "abɔ́"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "abá"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) abá",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌ lá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌á",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌wó",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbɔ̌áwó",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "àbɔ̌"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "hand",
      "translation": "hand",
      "word": "alɔ"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "arm, upper arm"
      ],
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        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "upper arm",
          "upper arm"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "foreleg (of an animal)"
      ],
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        [
          "foreleg",
          "foreleg"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yard (unit of measure)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/à.bɔ̌/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Ee-ab%C9%94.ogg/Ee-ab%C9%94.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
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}

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