See wuru-wuru on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "pcm",
"2": "yo",
"3": "wúruwùru",
"t": "disorderly"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Yoruba wúruwùru (“disorderly”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yoruba wúruwùru (“disorderly”).",
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"1": "pcm",
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},
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"lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
"lang_code": "pcm",
"pos": "adj",
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Nigerian Pidgin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"ref": "2019, “Babcock sex video: University expel girl inside viral sex video”, in BBC News Pidgin:",
"text": "\"Di boy inside di video chop expulsion for February dis year afta investigate show say im get hand inside some wuru-wuru behaviour wey di school no dey tolerate.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"disorderly, disorganized, messy"
],
"id": "en-wuru-wuru-pcm-adj-KhVC-aoA",
"links": [
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"disorderly",
"disorderly"
],
[
"disorganized",
"disorganized"
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"messy",
"messy"
]
],
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{
"word": "wuruwuru"
}
]
}
],
"word": "wuru-wuru"
}
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"args": {
"1": "pcm",
"2": "yo",
"3": "wúruwùru",
"t": "disorderly"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yoruba wúruwùru (“disorderly”).",
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"1": "pcm",
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},
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"Nigerian Pidgin lemmas",
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"Nigerian Pidgin terms borrowed from Yoruba",
"Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from Yoruba",
"Nigerian Pidgin terms with quotations",
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{
"ref": "2019, “Babcock sex video: University expel girl inside viral sex video”, in BBC News Pidgin:",
"text": "\"Di boy inside di video chop expulsion for February dis year afta investigate show say im get hand inside some wuru-wuru behaviour wey di school no dey tolerate.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"disorderly, disorganized, messy"
],
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"disorderly",
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],
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"disorganized"
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],
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{
"word": "wuruwuru"
}
],
"word": "wuru-wuru"
}
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