"abẹ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Igala]

IPA: /á.bɛ̄/ Forms: ábẹ [canonical]
Etymology: Cognate with Yoruba abẹ (“blade”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”) Etymology templates: {{cog|yo|abẹ|t=blade}} Yoruba abẹ (“blade”), {{inh|igl|alv-yrd-pro|*á-bɛ}} Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, {{af|igl|a-|bẹ|id1=agent prefix|t1=agent prefix|t2=to cut in small pieces}} a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”) Head templates: {{head|igl|noun|head=ábẹ}} ábẹ
  1. pocketknife, penknife Derived forms: ábẹ-àfù (english: razor blade)
    Sense id: en-abẹ-igl-noun-Nzchu~hO Categories (other): Igala entries with incorrect language header, Igala terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tools, Weapons, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 84 2 11 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 1 23 1 1

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /ā.bɛ́/ Forms: abẹ́ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=abẹ́|head2=}} abẹ́, {{yo-pos|noun|abẹ́|}} abẹ́, {{yo-noun|abẹ́}} abẹ́
  1. under
    Sense id: en-abẹ-yo-noun-12d0imA3
  2. (euphemistic) vagina Tags: euphemistic Synonyms: òbò, ojú-ara
    Sense id: en-abẹ-yo-noun-BQimNERd Categories (other): Yoruba euphemisms, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix), Weapons Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 6 82 6 6 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix): 18 47 18 18 Disambiguation of Weapons: 10 44 35 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abẹ́lẹ̀, abẹ́lé, Abẹ́òkúta, lábẹ́, ọmọ abẹ́, sábẹ́, ìdábẹ́
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /ā.bɛ̄/
Etymology: Cognate with Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”), Doublet of ọ̀bẹ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, equivalent to a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”) Etymology templates: {{cog|igl|ábẹ|t=pocketknife}} Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”), {{doublet|yo|ọ̀bẹ}} Doublet of ọ̀bẹ, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*á-bɛ}} Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, {{af|yo|a-|bẹ|id1=agent prefix|t1=agent prefix|t2=to cut}} a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=abẹ|head2=}} abẹ, {{yo-pos|noun|abẹ|}} abẹ, {{yo-noun|abẹ}} abẹ
  1. blade Synonyms: ọ̀bẹ
    Sense id: en-abẹ-yo-noun-E~-7L5u6 Categories (other): Knives, Tools Disambiguation of Knives: 12 12 62 12 Disambiguation of Tools: 16 16 53 16
  2. scalpel
    Sense id: en-abẹ-yo-noun-6StJ1UoS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: iṣẹ́ abẹ [surgery, medicine, sciences], abẹ fẹ́lẹ́
Etymology number: 2
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "abẹ",
        "t": "blade"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba abẹ (“blade”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*á-bɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "bẹ",
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      },
      "expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Yoruba abẹ (“blade”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ábẹ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ábẹ"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Igala",
  "lang_code": "igl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Igala entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "igl",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "igl:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "igl",
          "name": "Weapons",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 2 11 2 2",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 1 23 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "razor blade",
          "word": "ábẹ-àfù"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pocketknife, penknife"
      ],
      "id": "en-abẹ-igl-noun-Nzchu~hO",
      "links": [
        [
          "pocketknife",
          "pocketknife"
        ],
        [
          "penknife",
          "penknife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.bɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "abẹ́lé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Abẹ́òkúta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lábẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ọmọ abẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sábẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ìdábẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
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      "form": "abẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "abẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "abẹ́",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "under"
      ],
      "id": "en-abẹ-yo-noun-12d0imA3",
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "6 82 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "yo:Weapons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "vagina"
      ],
      "id": "en-abẹ-yo-noun-BQimNERd",
      "links": [
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          "vagina",
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        ]
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        "(euphemistic) vagina"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "òbò"
        },
        {
          "word": "ojú-ara"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ā.bɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "surgery",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "iṣẹ́ abẹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "abẹ fẹ́lẹ́"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ábẹ",
        "t": "pocketknife"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀bẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ọ̀bẹ",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*á-bɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "bẹ",
        "id1": "agent prefix",
        "t1": "agent prefix",
        "t2": "to cut"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”), Doublet of ọ̀bẹ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, equivalent to a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "abẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "abẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abẹ"
      },
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      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 62 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Knives",
          "orig": "yo:Knives",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 53 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "yo:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade"
      ],
      "id": "en-abẹ-yo-noun-E~-7L5u6",
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀bẹ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scalpel"
      ],
      "id": "en-abẹ-yo-noun-6StJ1UoS",
      "links": [
        [
          "scalpel",
          "scalpel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ā.bɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Pages with entries",
    "yo:Knives",
    "yo:Tools",
    "yo:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "razor blade",
      "word": "ábẹ-àfù"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "abẹ",
        "t": "blade"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba abẹ (“blade”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*á-bɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "bẹ",
        "id1": "agent prefix",
        "t1": "agent prefix",
        "t2": "to cut in small pieces"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Yoruba abẹ (“blade”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ábẹ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ábẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "ábẹ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Igala",
  "lang_code": "igl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Igala entries with incorrect language header",
        "Igala lemmas",
        "Igala nouns",
        "Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
        "Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
        "Igala terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "igl:Tools",
        "igl:Weapons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pocketknife, penknife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "pocketknife"
        ],
        [
          "penknife",
          "penknife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.bɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}

{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba doublets",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "yo:Knives",
    "yo:Tools",
    "yo:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "abẹ́lẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "word": "abẹ́lé"
    },
    {
      "word": "Abẹ́òkúta"
    },
    {
      "word": "lábẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "ọmọ abẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "sábẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "ìdábẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "abẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "abẹ́",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ́",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "under"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba euphemisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vagina"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vagina",
          "vagina"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) vagina"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "òbò"
        },
        {
          "word": "ojú-ara"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ā.bɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}

{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba doublets",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "yo:Knives",
    "yo:Tools",
    "yo:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "surgery",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "iṣẹ́ abẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "abẹ fẹ́lẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ábẹ",
        "t": "pocketknife"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀bẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ọ̀bẹ",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*á-bɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "bẹ",
        "id1": "agent prefix",
        "t1": "agent prefix",
        "t2": "to cut"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”), Doublet of ọ̀bẹ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, equivalent to a- (“agent prefix”) + bẹ (“to cut”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "abẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "abẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "abẹ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀bẹ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scalpel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scalpel",
          "scalpel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ā.bɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abẹ"
}

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