See Yemọja on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Yemanjá",
"3": "Iemanjá",
"4": "Iemenjá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Iemenjá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Iemenjá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "Yemayá",
"3": "Yemallá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: Yemayá, Yemallá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: Yemayá, Yemallá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Yemoja",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Yemoja",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Yemoja"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "luq",
"2": "Yemayá"
},
"expansion": "Lucumí: Yemayá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lucumí: Yemayá"
}
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"1": "yo",
"2": "iye",
"3": "ọmọ",
"4": "ẹja",
"lit": "Mother of the fishes",
"t1": "Mother",
"t2": "child",
"t3": "fish"
},
"expansion": "iye (“Mother”) + ọmọ (“child”) + ẹja (“fish”), literally “Mother of the fishes”",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From iye (“Mother”) + ọmọ (“child”) + ẹja (“fish”), literally “Mother of the fishes”, this etymology is also said to be a metaphor relating to the fact that Yemọja is a mother to children as numerous as all the fish of the oceans.",
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"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Yemọja",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Yemọja",
"name": "head"
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{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Yemọja"
},
"expansion": "Yemọja",
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"lang": "Yoruba",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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{
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"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "A priestess of Yemọja",
"word": "oníyemọja"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A powerful river orisha of creation, water, fertility, motherhood, sometimes regarded as the adoptive mother of all the orisha. She is believed to be the spirit of the Ògùn river."
],
"id": "en-Yemọja-yo-name-KFL3nN81",
"links": [
[
"river",
"river"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"water",
"water"
],
[
"fertility",
"fertility"
],
[
"motherhood",
"motherhood"
],
[
"adoptive",
"adoptive"
],
[
"mother",
"mother"
],
[
"Ògùn",
"Ogun#Yoruba"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Yèyé omi"
},
{
"word": "Olúẹri"
},
{
"word": "Olódo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jē.mɔ̃̄.d͡ʒā/"
}
],
"word": "Yemọja"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "A priestess of Yemọja",
"word": "oníyemọja"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Yemanjá",
"3": "Iemanjá",
"4": "Iemenjá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Iemenjá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Iemenjá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "Yemayá",
"3": "Yemallá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: Yemayá, Yemallá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: Yemayá, Yemallá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Yemoja",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Yemoja",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Yemoja"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "luq",
"2": "Yemayá"
},
"expansion": "Lucumí: Yemayá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lucumí: Yemayá"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "iye",
"3": "ọmọ",
"4": "ẹja",
"lit": "Mother of the fishes",
"t1": "Mother",
"t2": "child",
"t3": "fish"
},
"expansion": "iye (“Mother”) + ọmọ (“child”) + ẹja (“fish”), literally “Mother of the fishes”",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From iye (“Mother”) + ọmọ (“child”) + ẹja (“fish”), literally “Mother of the fishes”, this etymology is also said to be a metaphor relating to the fact that Yemọja is a mother to children as numerous as all the fish of the oceans.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Yemọja",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Yemọja",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Yemọja"
},
"expansion": "Yemọja",
"name": "yo-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba proper nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"yo:Yoruba religion"
],
"glosses": [
"A powerful river orisha of creation, water, fertility, motherhood, sometimes regarded as the adoptive mother of all the orisha. She is believed to be the spirit of the Ògùn river."
],
"links": [
[
"river",
"river"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"water",
"water"
],
[
"fertility",
"fertility"
],
[
"motherhood",
"motherhood"
],
[
"adoptive",
"adoptive"
],
[
"mother",
"mother"
],
[
"Ògùn",
"Ogun#Yoruba"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Yèyé omi"
},
{
"word": "Olúẹri"
},
{
"word": "Olódo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jē.mɔ̃̄.d͡ʒā/"
}
],
"word": "Yemọja"
}
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