See labalaba on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense.",
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"(of an object) being distinctly light and floppy"
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"ipa": "/lā.bā.lá.bá/"
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"english": "The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.",
"text": "Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.",
"translation": "The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.",
"type": "example"
}
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"word": "àfòpiná"
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"english": "moth",
"translation": "moth",
"word": "àfòpiná"
},
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"english": "moth",
"translation": "moth",
"word": "òólá"
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"english": "The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.",
"text": "Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.",
"translation": "The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"butterfly, moth"
],
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],
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"ipa": "/lā.bā.lá.bá/"
}
],
"word": "labalaba"
}
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