See awu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*awu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Gbe/awu"
],
[
"ẹ̀wù",
"ẹwu#Yoruba"
],
[
"awù",
"awù#Fon"
],
[
"awu",
"awu#Ewe"
],
[
"èwò",
"ewo#Nupe"
],
[
"ẹ́wù",
"ẹwu#Edo"
],
[
"àwù",
"awu#Yoruba"
],
[
"èù",
"eu#Yoruba"
],
[
"àwù",
"awu#Ifè"
],
[
"ewun",
"ewun#Urhobo"
],
[
"ewu",
"ewu#Isoko"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "alv-gbe-pro",
"3": "*awu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *awu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "yo",
"3": "ẹ̀wù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba ẹ̀wù",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "awù"
},
"expansion": "Fon awù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "awu"
},
"expansion": "Ewe awu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "èwò"
},
"expansion": "Nupe èwò",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "ẹ́wù"
},
"expansion": "Edo ẹ́wù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "àwù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba àwù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "èù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba èù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "àwù"
},
"expansion": "Ifè àwù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urh",
"2": "ewun",
"3": "",
"4": "shirt"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo ewun (“shirt”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iso",
"2": "ewu"
},
"expansion": "Isoko ewu",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Most likely stemming from Proto-Gbe *awu or possibly from Yoruba ẹ̀wù, cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Nupe èwò, Edo ẹ́wù, Owé Yoruba àwù, Èkìtì Yoruba èù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (“shirt”) and Isoko ewu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "awù",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "awù lɛ́",
"links": [
[
"awù lɛ́",
"awu lɛ"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "awù lẹ́",
"links": [
[
"awù lẹ́",
"awu lẹ"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "awù lɛ́",
"5": "or",
"6": "awù lẹ́",
"head": "awù"
},
"expansion": "awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 29 35 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 29 35 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "92 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"garment"
],
"id": "en-awu-guw-noun-eosWbmK4",
"links": [
[
"garment",
"garment"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "avɔ̀"
},
{
"word": "avọ̀"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
16
],
[
50,
53
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
27,
32
]
],
"english": "My mother bought three new coats for me",
"text": "Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná mi",
"translation": "My mother bought three new coats for me",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"coat"
],
"id": "en-awu-guw-noun-ghjz1ngK",
"links": [
[
"coat",
"coat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.wù/"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg",
"tags": [
"Nigeria"
]
}
],
"word": "awu"
}
{
"categories": [
"Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"Gun lemmas",
"Gun nouns",
"Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba",
"Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
"Gun terms derived from Yoruba",
"Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*awu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Gbe/awu"
],
[
"ẹ̀wù",
"ẹwu#Yoruba"
],
[
"awù",
"awù#Fon"
],
[
"awu",
"awu#Ewe"
],
[
"èwò",
"ewo#Nupe"
],
[
"ẹ́wù",
"ẹwu#Edo"
],
[
"àwù",
"awu#Yoruba"
],
[
"èù",
"eu#Yoruba"
],
[
"àwù",
"awu#Ifè"
],
[
"ewun",
"ewun#Urhobo"
],
[
"ewu",
"ewu#Isoko"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "alv-gbe-pro",
"3": "*awu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *awu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "yo",
"3": "ẹ̀wù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba ẹ̀wù",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "awù"
},
"expansion": "Fon awù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "awu"
},
"expansion": "Ewe awu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "èwò"
},
"expansion": "Nupe èwò",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "ẹ́wù"
},
"expansion": "Edo ẹ́wù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "àwù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba àwù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "èù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba èù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "àwù"
},
"expansion": "Ifè àwù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urh",
"2": "ewun",
"3": "",
"4": "shirt"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo ewun (“shirt”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iso",
"2": "ewu"
},
"expansion": "Isoko ewu",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Most likely stemming from Proto-Gbe *awu or possibly from Yoruba ẹ̀wù, cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Nupe èwò, Edo ẹ́wù, Owé Yoruba àwù, Èkìtì Yoruba èù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (“shirt”) and Isoko ewu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "awù",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "awù lɛ́",
"links": [
[
"awù lɛ́",
"awu lɛ"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "awù lẹ́",
"links": [
[
"awù lẹ́",
"awu lẹ"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "awù lɛ́",
"5": "or",
"6": "awù lẹ́",
"head": "awù"
},
"expansion": "awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"garment"
],
"links": [
[
"garment",
"garment"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "avɔ̀"
},
{
"word": "avọ̀"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Gun terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
16
],
[
50,
53
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
27,
32
]
],
"english": "My mother bought three new coats for me",
"text": "Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná mi",
"translation": "My mother bought three new coats for me",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"coat"
],
"links": [
[
"coat",
"coat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.wù/"
},
{
"audio": "Guw-awù.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Guw-aw%C3%B9.ogg",
"tags": [
"Nigeria"
]
}
],
"word": "awu"
}
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