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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "witchcraft",
"word": "iṣẹ́ àjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "sorcery",
"word": "ìwà àjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "supernatural female spirits believed to have a large amount of power",
"word": "Ìyàmi Àjẹ́"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "à-",
"3": "jẹ́",
"lit": "One who creates, one who allows things to exist",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to be"
},
"expansion": "à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ́ (“to be”), literally “One who creates, one who allows things to exist”",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ́ (“to be”), literally “One who creates, one who allows things to exist”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "àjẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "àjẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "àjẹ́",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "àjẹ́"
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "sorcerer",
"word": "oṣó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "Ìyàmi Òṣòròǹgà"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "59 30 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 6 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "90 7 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with a-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "98 1 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are believed to have powers of elemental, biological and artistic creation; healing; destruction; spiritual and physical development and fortification, this is the origin of the association with the term as being a witch."
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the Yoruba religion, the concept of the biological, spiritual, and creative powers (or àṣẹ) of all women and mothers"
],
"id": "en-ajẹ-yo-noun-gk9N~7H1",
"links": [
[
"biological",
"biological"
],
[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"creative",
"creative"
],
[
"powers",
"powers"
],
[
"àṣẹ",
"aṣẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"women",
"women"
],
[
"mothers",
"mothers"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A female figure with supernatural powers."
],
"id": "en-ajẹ-yo-noun-biD6TW~m",
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"powers",
"powers"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ìyá mi"
},
{
"word": "Ìyàmi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"witch, sorceress"
],
"id": "en-ajẹ-yo-noun-j2QUTz4D",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"witch",
"witch"
],
[
"sorceress",
"sorceress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, proscribed) witch, sorceress"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ìyá àjẹ́"
},
{
"word": "ẹlẹyẹ"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/à.d͡ʒɛ́/"
}
],
"word": "ajẹ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with a-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Yoruba religion"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "witchcraft",
"word": "iṣẹ́ àjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "sorcery",
"word": "ìwà àjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "supernatural female spirits believed to have a large amount of power",
"word": "Ìyàmi Àjẹ́"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "à-",
"3": "jẹ́",
"lit": "One who creates, one who allows things to exist",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to be"
},
"expansion": "à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ́ (“to be”), literally “One who creates, one who allows things to exist”",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ́ (“to be”), literally “One who creates, one who allows things to exist”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "àjẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "àjẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "àjẹ́",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "àjẹ́"
},
"expansion": "àjẹ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "sorcerer",
"word": "oṣó"
},
{
"word": "Ìyàmi Òṣòròǹgà"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are believed to have powers of elemental, biological and artistic creation; healing; destruction; spiritual and physical development and fortification, this is the origin of the association with the term as being a witch."
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the Yoruba religion, the concept of the biological, spiritual, and creative powers (or àṣẹ) of all women and mothers"
],
"links": [
[
"biological",
"biological"
],
[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"creative",
"creative"
],
[
"powers",
"powers"
],
[
"àṣẹ",
"aṣẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"women",
"women"
],
[
"mothers",
"mothers"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A female figure with supernatural powers."
],
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"powers",
"powers"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ìyá mi"
},
{
"word": "Ìyàmi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba derogatory terms",
"Yoruba proscribed terms"
],
"glosses": [
"witch, sorceress"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"witch",
"witch"
],
[
"sorceress",
"sorceress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, proscribed) witch, sorceress"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ìyá àjẹ́"
},
{
"word": "ẹlẹyẹ"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/à.d͡ʒɛ́/"
}
],
"word": "ajẹ"
}
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