"afa" meaning in Ewe

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mat to place tools during divination",
      "translation": "mat to place tools during divination",
      "word": "afaba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "small afaba",
      "translation": "small afaba",
      "word": "afabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fortune-telling",
      "translation": "fortune-telling",
      "word": "afakaka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "diviner",
      "translation": "diviner",
      "word": "afakala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in divination"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "afaŋutinu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "female diviner",
      "translation": "female diviner",
      "word": "afasi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fortune-teller",
      "translation": "fortune-teller",
      "word": "afatɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "drum used in fortune-telling",
      "translation": "drum used in fortune-telling",
      "word": "afaʋu"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Fa"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Fa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Ifá"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba Ifá",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "Afa"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo Afa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Aha",
        "2": "genus"
      },
      "expansion": "Aha",
      "name": "taxfmt"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "A shared term across almost all languages and cultures of Volta-Niger languages. Compare Fon Fa, Yoruba Ifá, Igbo Afa, Aha.",
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    {
      "form": "àfá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àfá lá",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àfáá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afã",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ee",
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  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bokɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "demã"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracle, divination"
      ],
      "id": "en-afa-ee-noun-g~TO4Q3P",
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          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ],
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          "divination",
          "divination"
        ]
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        "singular",
        "singular-only"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "11 89",
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          "name": "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Ewe singularia tantum",
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        "fortune-telling, especially in traditional Ewe contexts"
      ],
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        [
          "fortune-telling",
          "fortune-telling"
        ]
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        "singular",
        "singular-only"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.fá/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[à.f͈á]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Volta-Niger languages"
  ],
  "word": "afa"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "mat to place tools during divination",
      "translation": "mat to place tools during divination",
      "word": "afaba"
    },
    {
      "english": "small afaba",
      "translation": "small afaba",
      "word": "afabe"
    },
    {
      "english": "fortune-telling",
      "translation": "fortune-telling",
      "word": "afakaka"
    },
    {
      "english": "diviner",
      "translation": "diviner",
      "word": "afakala"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in divination"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "afaŋutinu"
    },
    {
      "english": "female diviner",
      "translation": "female diviner",
      "word": "afasi"
    },
    {
      "english": "fortune-teller",
      "translation": "fortune-teller",
      "word": "afatɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "drum used in fortune-telling",
      "translation": "drum used in fortune-telling",
      "word": "afaʋu"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "Fa"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Ifá"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba Ifá",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "Afa"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo Afa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "Aha",
        "2": "genus"
      },
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      "name": "taxfmt"
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "àfá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àfá lá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àfáá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afã",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ee-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ewe",
  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bokɔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "demã"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracle, divination"
      ],
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        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ],
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          "divination",
          "divination"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "fortune-telling, especially in traditional Ewe contexts"
      ],
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        [
          "fortune-telling",
          "fortune-telling"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular",
        "singular-only"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/à.fá/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[à.f͈á]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Volta-Niger languages"
  ],
  "word": "afa"
}