See owo on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "OwO",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "0w0",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "symbol"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧wo"
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual emoticons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mul",
"name": "Furry fandom",
"orig": "mul:Furry fandom",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile."
],
"id": "en-owo-mul-symbol-ZZZgMh84",
"links": [
[
"emoticon",
"emoticon#English"
],
[
"innocent",
"innocent#English"
],
[
"cutesy",
"cutesy#English"
],
[
"cat",
"cat#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "uwu"
},
{
"word": "3"
},
{
"word": "-_-"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈəʊ.wəʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoʊ.woʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-owo.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-owo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-owo.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-owo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-owo.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊwəʊ"
},
{
"ipa": "/¹uːʋu/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.wɔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.vɔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔwɔ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔvɔ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈowo/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoɣo/"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eri",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Ogea",
"lang_code": "eri",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ogea entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "44 23 29 1 1 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 23 28 1 1 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"arm"
],
"id": "en-owo-eri-noun-3ff~Xr2d",
"links": [
[
"arm",
"arm"
]
]
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "pronoun form"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧wo"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ów"
}
],
"glosses": [
"neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów"
],
"id": "en-owo-pl-pron-yv60ziTc",
"links": [
[
"ów",
"ów#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.vɔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔvɔ"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "discount",
"word": "ẹ̀dínwó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "loan",
"word": "ẹ̀yáwó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to have money",
"word": "lówó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be as rich as a shekere",
"word": "lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to spend money",
"word": "náwó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "rich, rich person",
"word": "olówó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "cowry",
"word": "owó ẹyọ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "electric bill",
"word": "owó iná"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "water bill",
"word": "owó omi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "tax",
"word": "owó orí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "bride price",
"word": "owó orí ìyàwó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "salary",
"word": "owó oṣù"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "wage",
"word": "owó ọ̀yà"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "pension",
"word": "owó ìfẹ̀yìntì"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "poverty",
"word": "àìlówólọ́wọ́"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ẹ́ghó"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ẹ́ghó",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ewó"
},
"expansion": "Nupe ewó",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "ígho"
},
"expansion": "Edo ígho",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urh",
"2": "ígho"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo ígho",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*V́-ɣó"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "hóró",
"3": "wóró",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of hóró and wóró",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "owó",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "owó",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "owó",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "owó"
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"money, cash"
],
"id": "en-owo-yo-noun-R6UWTbwf",
"links": [
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"cash",
"cash"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cowrie"
],
"id": "en-owo-yo-noun-0PMN5-Lx",
"links": [
[
"cowrie",
"cowrie"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ẹyọ-owó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.wó/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"topics": [
"money",
"finance",
"business"
],
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: owóview map"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ewóTRACTOR BEAMÌdànrèÌdànrèeghóTRACTOR BEAMÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú ÒdeowóTRACTOR BEAMÌkálẹ̀ÒkìtìpupaoghóTRACTOR BEAMÌlàjẹMahinoghóTRACTOR BEAMOǹdóOǹdóoghóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀oghóTRACTOR BEAMUsẹnUsẹneghóTRACTOR BEAMÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹeghóTRACTOR BEAM"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "oghóTRACTOR BEAMOlùkùmiUgbódùẹ́ghóTRACTOR BEAMProto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMÌfàkì ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMÀkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ióTRACTOR BEAM"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "eóTRACTOR BEAMMọ̀bàỌ̀tùn ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀oóTRACTOR BEAMÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàeóTRACTOR BEAMÒkè IgbóÒkè IgbóowóTRACTOR BEAMNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàowóTRACTOR BEAMÌgbẹsàowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀tàowóTRACTOR BEAMAgégeowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlogbò ErémiowóTRACTOR BEAMẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaowóTRACTOR BEAMẸ̀gbádòAyétòròowóTRACTOR BEAMIgbógilaowóTRACTOR BEAMÌjàkáowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlaròóowóTRACTOR BEAMÌṣàwọ́njọowóTRACTOR BEAMÈkóÈkóowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbàdànÌbàdànowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogboowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlọrinÌlọrinowóTRACTOR BEAMOǹkóÒtùowóTRACTOR BEAMÌwéré IléowóTRACTOR BEAMÒkèhòowóTRACTOR BEAMÌsẹ́yìnowóTRACTOR BEAMṢakíowóTRACTOR BEAMTedéowóTRACTOR BEAMÌgbẹ́tìowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́owóTRACTOR BEAMStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàowóTRACTOR BEAMBɛ̀nɛ̀owóTRACTOR BEAMNortheast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaewóTRACTOR BEAMEde languages/Southwest YorubaÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́owóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀húnbẹ́owóTRACTOR BEAMOnigboloowóTRACTOR BEAMKétu/ÀnàgóÌláráowóTRACTOR BEAMÌmẹ̀kọowóTRACTOR BEAMKétuowóTRACTOR BEAMIfɛ̀AkpáréowóTRACTOR BEAMAtakpamɛowóTRACTOR BEAMEst-MonoowóTRACTOR BEAMTchettiowóTRACTOR BEAMSouthern NagoÌsakétéowóTRACTOR BEAMÌfànyìnowóTRACTOR BEAMOverseas YorubaLucumíHavanaowóTRACTOR BEAMNote: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"topics": [
"commercial",
"commerce",
"business"
],
"word": "ajẹmówò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "commercial centre",
"word": "ibùjókò òwò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "trade school",
"word": "ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "businessperson",
"word": "olówò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "merchant",
"word": "oníṣòwò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "trader",
"word": "ṣòwòṣòwò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "bill of exchange",
"word": "àkọsílẹ̀ òwò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "investment trust",
"word": "ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "free trade",
"word": "òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "foreign trade",
"word": "òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "international trade",
"word": "òwò àgbáyé"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "òwò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "òò",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ekiti"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "òwò",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "òwò",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "òwò",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "òwò",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "òwò"
},
"expansion": "òwò",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 7 45 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 71 29",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Business",
"orig": "yo:Business",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
11,
19
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
8
]
],
"english": "It is from business that money comes.",
"text": "Lára òwò ni owó wá.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"business, trade, commerce"
],
"id": "en-owo-yo-noun-Jx5UC9-4",
"links": [
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"trade",
"trade"
],
[
"commerce",
"commerce"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "káràkátà"
},
{
"word": "ajé"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 7 45 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"commercial enterprise"
],
"id": "en-owo-yo-noun-87iHfRiz",
"links": [
[
"commercial",
"commercial"
],
[
"enterprise",
"enterprise"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ò.wò/"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"yo:Business"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eri",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Ogea",
"lang_code": "eri",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ogea entries with incorrect language header",
"Ogea lemmas",
"Ogea nouns",
"Ogea palindromes",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"arm"
],
"links": [
[
"arm",
"arm"
]
]
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"yo:Business"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "pronoun form"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧wo"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish non-lemma forms",
"Polish palindromes",
"Polish pronoun forms",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔvɔ",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔvɔ/2 syllables"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ów"
}
],
"glosses": [
"neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów"
],
"links": [
[
"ów",
"ów#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.vɔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔvɔ"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"yo:Business"
],
"etymology_text": "o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "OwO",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "0w0",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "symbol"
},
"expansion": "owo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧wo"
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
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{
"word": "uwu"
},
{
"word": "3"
},
{
"word": "-_-"
}
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{
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"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/əʊwəʊ",
"Rhymes:English/əʊwəʊ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔvɔ",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔvɔ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔwɔ",
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"Translingual emoticons",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
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[
"innocent",
"innocent#English"
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[
"cutesy",
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[
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"ipa": "/ˈəʊ.wəʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoʊ.woʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-owo.wav",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊwəʊ"
},
{
"ipa": "/¹uːʋu/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.wɔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔ.vɔ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔwɔ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔvɔ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈowo/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoɣo/"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
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"derived": [
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"english": "discount",
"word": "ẹ̀dínwó"
},
{
"english": "loan",
"word": "ẹ̀yáwó"
},
{
"english": "to have money",
"word": "lówó"
},
{
"english": "to be as rich as a shekere",
"word": "lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "to spend money",
"word": "náwó"
},
{
"english": "rich, rich person",
"word": "olówó"
},
{
"english": "cowry",
"word": "owó ẹyọ"
},
{
"english": "electric bill",
"word": "owó iná"
},
{
"english": "water bill",
"word": "owó omi"
},
{
"english": "tax",
"word": "owó orí"
},
{
"english": "bride price",
"word": "owó orí ìyàwó"
},
{
"english": "salary",
"word": "owó oṣù"
},
{
"english": "wage",
"word": "owó ọ̀yà"
},
{
"english": "pension",
"word": "owó ìfẹ̀yìntì"
},
{
"english": "poverty",
"word": "àìlówólọ́wọ́"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ẹ́ghó"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ẹ́ghó",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ewó"
},
"expansion": "Nupe ewó",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "ígho"
},
"expansion": "Edo ígho",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urh",
"2": "ígho"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo ígho",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*V́-ɣó"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "hóró",
"3": "wóró",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of hóró and wóró",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "owó",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "owó",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "owó",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "owó"
},
"expansion": "owó",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"money, cash"
],
"links": [
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"cash",
"cash"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"cowrie"
],
"links": [
[
"cowrie",
"cowrie"
]
],
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{
"word": "ẹyọ-owó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.wó/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"topics": [
"money",
"finance",
"business"
],
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: owóview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
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},
{
"word": "oghóTRACTOR BEAMOlùkùmiUgbódùẹ́ghóTRACTOR BEAMProto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMÌfàkì ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMÀkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ióTRACTOR BEAM"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "eóTRACTOR BEAMMọ̀bàỌ̀tùn ÈkìtìeóTRACTOR BEAMIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀oóTRACTOR BEAMÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàeóTRACTOR BEAMÒkè IgbóÒkè IgbóowóTRACTOR BEAMNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàowóTRACTOR BEAMÌgbẹsàowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀tàowóTRACTOR BEAMAgégeowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlogbò ErémiowóTRACTOR BEAMẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaowóTRACTOR BEAMẸ̀gbádòAyétòròowóTRACTOR BEAMIgbógilaowóTRACTOR BEAMÌjàkáowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlaròóowóTRACTOR BEAMÌṣàwọ́njọowóTRACTOR BEAMÈkóÈkóowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbàdànÌbàdànowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràowóTRACTOR BEAMÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogboowóTRACTOR BEAMÌlọrinÌlọrinowóTRACTOR BEAMOǹkóÒtùowóTRACTOR BEAMÌwéré IléowóTRACTOR BEAMÒkèhòowóTRACTOR BEAMÌsẹ́yìnowóTRACTOR BEAMṢakíowóTRACTOR BEAMTedéowóTRACTOR BEAMÌgbẹ́tìowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́owóTRACTOR BEAMStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàowóTRACTOR BEAMBɛ̀nɛ̀owóTRACTOR BEAMNortheast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaewóTRACTOR BEAMEde languages/Southwest YorubaÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàowóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́owóTRACTOR BEAMỌ̀húnbẹ́owóTRACTOR BEAMOnigboloowóTRACTOR BEAMKétu/ÀnàgóÌláráowóTRACTOR BEAMÌmẹ̀kọowóTRACTOR BEAMKétuowóTRACTOR BEAMIfɛ̀AkpáréowóTRACTOR BEAMAtakpamɛowóTRACTOR BEAMEst-MonoowóTRACTOR BEAMTchettiowóTRACTOR BEAMSouthern NagoÌsakétéowóTRACTOR BEAMÌfànyìnowóTRACTOR BEAMOverseas YorubaLucumíHavanaowóTRACTOR BEAMNote: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Yoruba lemmas",
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],
"derived": [
{
"topics": [
"commercial",
"commerce",
"business"
],
"word": "ajẹmówò"
},
{
"english": "commercial centre",
"word": "ibùjókò òwò"
},
{
"english": "trade school",
"word": "ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́"
},
{
"english": "businessperson",
"word": "olówò"
},
{
"english": "merchant",
"word": "oníṣòwò"
},
{
"english": "trader",
"word": "ṣòwòṣòwò"
},
{
"english": "bill of exchange",
"word": "àkọsílẹ̀ òwò"
},
{
"english": "investment trust",
"word": "ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò"
},
{
"english": "free trade",
"word": "òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè"
},
{
"english": "foreign trade",
"word": "òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn"
},
{
"english": "international trade",
"word": "òwò àgbáyé"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "òwò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "òò",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ekiti"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "òwò",
"head2": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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"args": {
"1": "noun",
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},
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"args": {
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"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
11,
19
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
8
]
],
"english": "It is from business that money comes.",
"text": "Lára òwò ni owó wá.",
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}
],
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"business, trade, commerce"
],
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[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"trade",
"trade"
],
[
"commerce",
"commerce"
]
],
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{
"word": "káràkátà"
},
{
"word": "ajé"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"commercial enterprise"
],
"links": [
[
"commercial",
"commercial"
],
[
"enterprise",
"enterprise"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ò.wò/"
}
],
"word": "owo"
}
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