See ki ni on Wiktionary
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"2": "kí",
"3": "ni",
"t1": "what",
"t2": "to be, is"
},
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"2": "gịnī",
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},
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}
],
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"2": "kí ni"
},
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"text": "Kí ni?",
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"english": "Because of what?",
"text": "Nítorí kí ni?",
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"english": "What did who buy?",
"text": "Kí ni ta ni rà?",
"type": "example"
}
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"what is?"
],
"id": "en-ki_ni-yo-pron-4bx3bIjq",
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"(interrogative) what is?"
],
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"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: kí niview map"
},
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},
{
"word": "kí àCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí rìnCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí ìnCENTIMETRENorthwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkíCENTIMETREỌ̀tàkíCENTIMETREAgégekíCENTIMETREÌlogbò ErémikíCENTIMETREẸ̀gbádòÌjàkákééCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "béCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kẹCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "koCENTIMETREÈkóÈkókí niCENTIMETREÌbàdànÌbàdànkí niCENTIMETREÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí niCENTIMETREÌbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí niCENTIMETREỌ̀fàkí niCENTIMETREÌlọrinÌlọrinkí niCENTIMETREOǹkóÒtùkí niCENTIMETREÌwéré IlékíCENTIMETREÒkèhòkí niCENTIMETREÌsẹ́yìnkí niCENTIMETREṢakíkí niCENTIMETRETedékín niCENTIMETREÌgbẹ́tìkín niCENTIMETREỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí niCENTIMETREÒgbómọ̀ṣọ́kí niCENTIMETREÌkirèkí niCENTIMETREÌwókí niCENTIMETREStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí niCENTIMETREBɛ̀nɛ̀kí niCENTIMETRENortheast Yoruba"
},
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"word": "OkunOwéKabbakíCENTIMETREEde languages"
},
{
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"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekíCENTIMETRECábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kííCENTIMETRETchaouroukííCENTIMETREǸcàBaàtɛkééCENTIMETREÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàkékoCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kééCENTIMETREỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákééCENTIMETREÌmẹ̀kọkééCENTIMETREKétukééCENTIMETREIfɛ̀AkpárékíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREAtakpamɛkíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREBokokíCENTIMETREEst-MonokíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREMoretankíCENTIMETRETchettikíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREKuraAwotébikɛ́liCENTIMETRECENTIMETREPartagokɛ́lìCENTIMETRECENTIMETREMɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́CENTIMETRENorthern NagoKambolekéíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kéCENTIMETREManigrikéíCENTIMETRENote: 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"
}
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kí nĩ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ki ni"
}
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"2": "kí",
"3": "ni",
"t1": "what",
"t2": "to be, is"
},
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"name": "compound"
},
{
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"2": "gịnī",
"t": "what"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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"2": "pronoun",
"head": "kí ni",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "kí ni",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "pronoun",
"2": "kí ni"
},
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
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"Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
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"Yoruba pronouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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11,
15
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7,
12
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"english": "Because of what?",
"text": "Nítorí kí ni?",
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0,
4
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0,
4
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[
0,
5
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"english": "What did who buy?",
"text": "Kí ni ta ni rà?",
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"glosses": [
"what is?"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
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"(interrogative) what is?"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
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{
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}
],
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{
"english": "interrogative what",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: kí niview map"
},
{
"word": "kín nìCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí àCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí rìnCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí ìnCENTIMETRENorthwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkíCENTIMETREỌ̀tàkíCENTIMETREAgégekíCENTIMETREÌlogbò ErémikíCENTIMETREẸ̀gbádòÌjàkákééCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "béCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kẹCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "koCENTIMETREÈkóÈkókí niCENTIMETREÌbàdànÌbàdànkí niCENTIMETREÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí niCENTIMETREÌbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí niCENTIMETREỌ̀fàkí niCENTIMETREÌlọrinÌlọrinkí niCENTIMETREOǹkóÒtùkí niCENTIMETREÌwéré IlékíCENTIMETREÒkèhòkí niCENTIMETREÌsẹ́yìnkí niCENTIMETREṢakíkí niCENTIMETRETedékín niCENTIMETREÌgbẹ́tìkín niCENTIMETREỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí niCENTIMETREÒgbómọ̀ṣọ́kí niCENTIMETREÌkirèkí niCENTIMETREÌwókí niCENTIMETREStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí niCENTIMETREBɛ̀nɛ̀kí niCENTIMETRENortheast Yoruba"
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"word": "OkunOwéKabbakíCENTIMETREEde languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekíCENTIMETRECábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kííCENTIMETRETchaouroukííCENTIMETREǸcàBaàtɛkééCENTIMETREÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàkékoCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kééCENTIMETREỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́keCENTIMETREKétu"
},
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"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákééCENTIMETREÌmẹ̀kọkééCENTIMETREKétukééCENTIMETREIfɛ̀AkpárékíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREAtakpamɛkíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREBokokíCENTIMETREEst-MonokíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREMoretankíCENTIMETRETchettikíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kí niCENTIMETREKuraAwotébikɛ́liCENTIMETRECENTIMETREPartagokɛ́lìCENTIMETRECENTIMETREMɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́CENTIMETRENorthern NagoKambolekéíCENTIMETRE"
},
{
"word": "kéCENTIMETREManigrikéíCENTIMETRENote: 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": "ki ni"
}
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