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{
"etymology_text": "Ultimately a natural exclamation. Alternatively, owing to its phonology, likely from an African language (like Kimbundu), in which it might have had a specific meaning, such as “great!” or “wonderful!”, before entering this language as a simple expressive word.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "intj"
},
"expansion": "oba",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧ba"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 20 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)"
],
"id": "en-oba-pt-intj-aB05Qt97",
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"whee",
"whee"
],
[
"yay",
"yay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iúpi"
},
{
"word": "eba"
}
],
"tags": [
"childish",
"colloquial",
"usually"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kimbundu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.ba/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈo.βɐ]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "oba"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Ultimately a natural exclamation. Alternatively, owing to its phonology, likely from an African language (like Kimbundu), in which it might have had a specific meaning, such as “great!” or “wonderful!”, before entering this language as a simple expressive word.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "intj"
},
"expansion": "oba",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"o‧ba"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 20 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese childish terms",
"Portuguese colloquialisms",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese interjections",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)"
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"whee",
"whee"
],
[
"yay",
"yay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iúpi"
},
{
"word": "eba"
}
],
"tags": [
"childish",
"colloquial",
"usually"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kimbundu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.ba/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bɐ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈo.βɐ]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "oba"
}
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