See ci in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "to work in the fields",
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}
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"english": "That's useless.",
"text": "Cí tɛ́ nìn ná.",
"translation": "That's useless.",
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"english": "to send a letter to someone",
"text": "sɛ́bɛn cí mɔ̀gɔ mà",
"translation": "to send a letter to someone",
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"to send, charge with a mission"
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"english": "The wind is blowing.",
"text": "Fíyɛn bɛ́ cì.",
"translation": "The wind is blowing.",
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},
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5,
7
]
],
"english": "to hit a donkey",
"text": "fàli cì",
"translation": "to hit a donkey",
"type": "example"
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],
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"to hit"
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"english": "He knocked him unconscious.",
"text": "À y'á kùn cì.",
"translation": "He knocked him unconscious.",
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"glosses": [
"to break"
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6,
8
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"english": "to split wood",
"text": "dɔ́gɔ cì",
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7,
9
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"english": "to fire off a round (with a gun)",
"text": "màrifa cì",
"translation": "to fire off a round (with a gun)",
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5,
7
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"english": "to plot an area of a field to be hoed",
"text": "bála cì",
"translation": "to plot an area of a field to be hoed",
"type": "example"
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5,
7
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],
"english": "to vaccinate in the arm",
"text": "tùgu cì",
"translation": "to vaccinate in the arm",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"to trace, tattoo"
],
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"tattoo"
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"english": "It is your duty.",
"text": "Ò cí bɛ́ í kàn.",
"translation": "It is your duty.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mission, task, assignment"
],
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"task",
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"english": "to work in the fields",
"text": "cí kɛ́",
"translation": "to work in the fields",
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}
],
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"work, labor (especially agricultural)"
],
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"english": "That's useless.",
"text": "Cí tɛ́ nìn ná.",
"translation": "That's useless.",
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"english": "to send a letter to someone",
"text": "sɛ́bɛn cí mɔ̀gɔ mà",
"translation": "to send a letter to someone",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to send, charge with a mission"
],
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"send",
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"charge",
"charge"
]
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"english": "The wind is blowing.",
"text": "Fíyɛn bɛ́ cì.",
"translation": "The wind is blowing.",
"type": "example"
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{
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5,
7
]
],
"english": "to hit a donkey",
"text": "fàli cì",
"translation": "to hit a donkey",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to hit"
],
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"hit",
"hit"
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10,
12
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"english": "He knocked him unconscious.",
"text": "À y'á kùn cì.",
"translation": "He knocked him unconscious.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to break"
],
"links": [
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"break",
"break"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to destroy"
],
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"destroy",
"destroy"
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]
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6,
8
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],
"english": "to split wood",
"text": "dɔ́gɔ cì",
"translation": "to split wood",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to split, divide, cut"
],
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"split",
"split"
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"divide",
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],
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7,
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],
"english": "to fire off a round (with a gun)",
"text": "màrifa cì",
"translation": "to fire off a round (with a gun)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to burst, explode with a loud noise"
],
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5,
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],
"english": "to plot an area of a field to be hoed",
"text": "bála cì",
"translation": "to plot an area of a field to be hoed",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
7
]
],
"english": "to vaccinate in the arm",
"text": "tùgu cì",
"translation": "to vaccinate in the arm",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to trace, tattoo"
],
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"line, stroke"
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]
]
}
],
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}
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