See yowe on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"ewe (female sheep)"
],
"links": [
[
"ewe",
"ewe"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[jʌu]"
}
],
"word": "yowe"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "mayowe",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yowe",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ma"
},
"expansion": "yowe (ma class, plural mayowe)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili ma class nouns",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Don't shout",
"text": "Acha kupiga mayowe",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"shout (a loud burst of voice)"
],
"links": [
[
"shout",
"shout"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-yowe.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-yowe.flac/Sw-ke-yowe.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-yowe.flac/Sw-ke-yowe.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "yowe"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ewe",
"4": "yowe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English yowe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "eowu"
},
"expansion": "Old English eowu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*awi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *awi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*awiz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *awiz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yowe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "yowe",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms derived from Old English",
"Yola terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Old English",
"Yola terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Yola terms with homophones"
],
"glosses": [
"ewe; a female sheep"
],
"links": [
[
"ewe",
"ewe"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jəʊ̯/"
},
{
"homophone": "yew"
}
],
"word": "yowe"
}
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