See yab on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From yap.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yabs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbed",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "yab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "4 7 2 7 4 76",
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"_dis": "4 6 2 6 4 79",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
"ref": "1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42:",
"text": "But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
],
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"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"satirize",
"satirize"
],
[
"roast",
"roast"
],
[
"abuse",
"abuse"
],
[
"verbally",
"verbally"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Nigeria, transitive, intransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "yabbi"
}
],
"tags": [
"Nigeria",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From yaabé (“to talk, speak”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yáb",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "yaaboobá",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "yáb",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive"
]
},
{
"form": "yáaba",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "yáb",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "yabtí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"l-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabak",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"k-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"t-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabah",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"h-case"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "yáb",
"g": "m",
"gpl": "f",
"pl": "yaaboobá"
},
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"name": "aa-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"yab"
],
"lang": "Afar",
"lang_code": "aa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"conversation"
],
"id": "en-yab-aa-noun-izTbwsBe",
"links": [
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"insult"
],
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[
"insult",
"insult"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"news, information"
],
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"links": [
[
"news",
"news"
],
[
"information",
"information"
]
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "aa",
"name": "Sociolinguistics",
"orig": "aa:Sociolinguistics",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Sociology",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"dialect"
],
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[
"sociolinguistics",
"sociolinguistics"
],
[
"dialect",
"dialect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sociolinguistics) dialect"
],
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"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences",
"social-science",
"sociolinguistics",
"sociology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjab/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʌb]"
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From yaabé (“to talk, speak”).",
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{
"form": "yáb",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "verb form",
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"yab"
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"lang_code": "aa",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 15 3 35 44",
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"word": "yaabé"
}
],
"glosses": [
"imperative singular of yaabé"
],
"id": "en-yab-aa-verb-Dqi7MO5H",
"links": [
[
"yaabé",
"yaabe#Afar"
]
],
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"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjab/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʌb]"
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
{
"categories": [
"Afar entries with incorrect language header",
"Afar lemmas",
"Afar masculine nouns",
"Afar non-lemma forms",
"Afar nouns",
"Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Afar verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "From yaabé (“to talk, speak”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yáb",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "yaaboobá",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "yáb",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive"
]
},
{
"form": "yáaba",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "yáb",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "yabtí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"l-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabak",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"k-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"t-case"
]
},
{
"form": "yáabah",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"h-case"
]
}
],
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"1": "aa",
"2": "noun",
"g": "m",
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},
"expansion": "yáb m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yáb",
"g": "m",
"gpl": "f",
"pl": "yaaboobá"
},
"expansion": "yáb m (plural yaaboobá f)",
"name": "aa-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"yab"
],
"lang": "Afar",
"lang_code": "aa",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"conversation"
],
"links": [
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"insult"
],
"links": [
[
"insult",
"insult"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"news, information"
],
"links": [
[
"news",
"news"
],
[
"information",
"information"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"aa:Sociolinguistics"
],
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"dialect"
],
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[
"sociolinguistics",
"sociolinguistics"
],
[
"dialect",
"dialect"
]
],
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"(sociolinguistics) dialect"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences",
"social-science",
"sociolinguistics",
"sociology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjab/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʌb]"
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
{
"categories": [
"Afar entries with incorrect language header",
"Afar lemmas",
"Afar masculine nouns",
"Afar non-lemma forms",
"Afar nouns",
"Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Afar verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "From yaabé (“to talk, speak”).",
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{
"form": "yáb",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"yab"
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"word": "yaabé"
}
],
"glosses": [
"imperative singular of yaabé"
],
"links": [
[
"yaabé",
"yaabe#Afar"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjab/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʌb]"
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "From yap.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yabs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yabbed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"word": "yabbi"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Nigerian English",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"ref": "1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42:",
"text": "But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"satirize",
"satirize"
],
[
"roast",
"roast"
],
[
"abuse",
"abuse"
],
[
"verbally",
"verbally"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Nigeria, transitive, intransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
],
"tags": [
"Nigeria",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "yab"
}
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