See mato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"mota",
"mota#Hausa"
],
[
"motor",
"motor#English"
],
[
"motorcar",
"motorcar#English"
],
[
"mọ́tò",
"mọto#Yoruba"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ha",
"3": "mota"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Hausa mota",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "en",
"3": "motor"
},
"expansion": "English motor",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "mọ́tò"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba mọ́tò",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Borrowed from Hausa mota, ultimately from English motor, motorcar'\n* Compare with Yoruba mọ́tò",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mátò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mátòzhì",
"links": [
[
"mátòzhì",
"matozhi"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"cat4": "",
"head": "mátò"
},
"expansion": "mátò",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "mátò"
},
"expansion": "mátò",
"name": "nup-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mátò",
"2": "mátòzhì"
},
"expansion": "mátò (plural mátòzhì)",
"name": "nup-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Nupe",
"lang_code": "nup",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Nupe entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 26 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nup",
"name": "Vehicles",
"orig": "nup:Vehicles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "driving",
"translation": "driving",
"word": "mátòpá"
},
{
"english": "driver",
"translation": "driver",
"word": "mátòpáci"
},
{
"english": "to drive (a car)",
"translation": "to drive (a car)",
"word": "pá mátò"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
8,
11
]
],
"english": "The big car will have an accident.",
"text": "Mátò na wáncí na à nì kíǹ.",
"translation": "The big car will have an accident.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"car"
],
"id": "en-mato-nup-noun-KylhpDGy",
"links": [
[
"car",
"car"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mã́.tò/"
}
],
"word": "mato"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "driving",
"translation": "driving",
"word": "mátòpá"
},
{
"english": "driver",
"translation": "driver",
"word": "mátòpáci"
},
{
"english": "to drive (a car)",
"translation": "to drive (a car)",
"word": "pá mátò"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"mota",
"mota#Hausa"
],
[
"motor",
"motor#English"
],
[
"motorcar",
"motorcar#English"
],
[
"mọ́tò",
"mọto#Yoruba"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ha",
"3": "mota"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Hausa mota",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "en",
"3": "motor"
},
"expansion": "English motor",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "mọ́tò"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba mọ́tò",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Borrowed from Hausa mota, ultimately from English motor, motorcar'\n* Compare with Yoruba mọ́tò",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mátò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mátòzhì",
"links": [
[
"mátòzhì",
"matozhi"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"cat4": "",
"head": "mátò"
},
"expansion": "mátò",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "mátò"
},
"expansion": "mátò",
"name": "nup-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mátò",
"2": "mátòzhì"
},
"expansion": "mátò (plural mátòzhì)",
"name": "nup-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Nupe",
"lang_code": "nup",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Nupe entries with incorrect language header",
"Nupe lemmas",
"Nupe nouns",
"Nupe terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 26 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nup:Vehicles"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
8,
11
]
],
"english": "The big car will have an accident.",
"text": "Mátò na wáncí na à nì kíǹ.",
"translation": "The big car will have an accident.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"car"
],
"links": [
[
"car",
"car"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mã́.tò/"
}
],
"word": "mato"
}
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