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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"ukọ̀",
"ukọ#Yoruba"
],
[
"ọyikọ",
"ọyikọ#Urhobo"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ukọ̀",
"3": "",
"4": "messenger"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba ukọ̀ (“messenger”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urh",
"2": "ọyikọ",
"3": "",
"4": "messenger"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo ọyikọ (“messenger”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Yoruba ukọ̀ (“messenger”) or even a borrowing. Potentially a distant relative of Urhobo ọyikọ (“messenger”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ikọ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "iso",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "ikọ"
},
"expansion": "ukọ (plural ikọ)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Isoko",
"lang_code": "iso",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"name": "Isoko entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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"langcode": "iso",
"name": "Occupations",
"orig": "iso:Occupations",
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "messenger",
"translation": "messenger",
"word": "ukọ-odhivbu"
},
{
"english": "Satan",
"translation": "Satan",
"word": "ukọ-umomu"
}
],
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"messenger"
],
"id": "en-ukọ-iso-noun-BQ-ZPqIy",
"links": [
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
]
]
}
],
"word": "ukọ"
}
{
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{
"form": "ukọ̀",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
"head": "ukọ̀",
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},
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{
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"2": "ukọ̀",
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},
"expansion": "ukọ̀",
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{
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"1": "ukọ̀"
},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ọwọ Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"messenger, diplomat, delegate for a monarch or town"
],
"id": "en-ukọ-yo-noun-G0cqCSOH",
"links": [
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"diplomat",
"diplomat"
],
[
"delegate",
"delegate"
],
[
"monarch",
"monarch"
],
[
"town",
"town"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ọwọ) messenger, diplomat, delegate for a monarch or town"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ikọ̀"
},
{
"word": "olùránṣẹ́"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ū.kɔ̀/"
}
],
"word": "ukọ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "messenger",
"translation": "messenger",
"word": "ukọ-odhivbu"
},
{
"english": "Satan",
"translation": "Satan",
"word": "ukọ-umomu"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"ukọ̀",
"ukọ#Yoruba"
],
[
"ọyikọ",
"ọyikọ#Urhobo"
]
],
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"3": "",
"4": "messenger"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"3": "",
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"3": "plural",
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},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"Isoko lemmas",
"Isoko nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
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],
"links": [
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]
}
],
"word": "ukọ"
}
{
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"form": "ukọ̀",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ụkọ̀",
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
"head": "ukọ̀",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ukọ̀",
"3": ""
},
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"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ukọ̀"
},
"expansion": "ukọ̀",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Occupations",
"yo:People",
"Ọwọ Yoruba"
],
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"messenger, diplomat, delegate for a monarch or town"
],
"links": [
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"diplomat",
"diplomat"
],
[
"delegate",
"delegate"
],
[
"monarch",
"monarch"
],
[
"town",
"town"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ọwọ) messenger, diplomat, delegate for a monarch or town"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ikọ̀"
},
{
"word": "olùránṣẹ́"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ū.kɔ̀/"
}
],
"word": "ukọ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ukọ meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ọwọ",
"path": [
"ukọ"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ukọ",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ọwọ",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Yoruba",
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}
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