See ẹnu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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{
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},
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"4": "mouth"
},
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}
],
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{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
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"parents": [],
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{
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"parents": [],
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"word": "ẹlẹ́nu irú"
},
{
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"of work"
],
"topics": [
"state"
],
"word": "ẹnu iṣẹ́"
},
{
"english": "to kiss",
"word": "fẹnu kò"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "gbẹ́nu dákẹ́"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "gbẹ́nu sọ́hùn-ún"
},
{
"english": "to open the mouth",
"word": "lanu"
},
{
"english": "to mention",
"word": "mẹ́nu kàn"
},
{
"english": "to quieten",
"word": "panu dé"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "panu mọ́"
},
{
"english": "to be spicy",
"word": "ta lẹ́nu"
},
{
"english": "to refer to",
"word": "tẹnu mọ́"
},
{
"english": "to surprise",
"word": "yà lẹ́nu"
},
{
"english": "speech recognition",
"word": "ìsọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu di ọ̀rọ̀ ìwé"
}
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"mouth"
],
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},
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"roman": "Ùlàjẹ",
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},
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"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "arun踟OǹdóOǹdóẹun踟Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ẹrun踟UsẹnUsẹnẹrun踟ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹarun踟OlùkùmiUgbódùẹrun踟Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìẹrụn踟Ìfàkì Èkìtìẹrụn踟Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ẹrụn踟Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìẹrụn踟Western ÀkókóỌ̀gbàgì Àkókóarun踟Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàẹnu踟"
},
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"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ẹru踟Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaẹrun踟Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáẹnu踟ÈkóÈkóẹnu踟ÌbàdànÌbàdànẹnu踟Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboẹnu踟ÌgbómìnàÌfẹ́lódùn LGAarun踟Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGAẹnu踟Ìsin LGAẹnu踟ÌlọrinÌlọrinẹnu踟OǹkóÒtùẹnu踟Ìwéré Iléẹnu踟Òkèhòẹnu踟Ìsẹ́yìnẹnu踟Ṣakíẹnu踟Tedéẹnu踟Ìgbẹ́tìẹnu踟Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ẹnu踟Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàẹnu踟Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɛnu踟Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaarun踟Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeanu踟Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́anu踟Tchaourouanu踟ǸcàBaàtɛanu踟ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàɔrun踟Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ɛnu踟Onigboloɛnu踟Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuɛnu踟Ifɛ̀Akpáréarũ踟Atakpamɛarũ踟Bokoɔrũ踟Moretanarũ踟Tchettiarũ踟KuraAwotébiánɔ́踟踟Partagoanɔ踟踟Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiɡɛ́lé踟Northern NagoKamboleanu踟Manigrianu踟Southern NagoÌsakétéɛnu踟踟Ìfànyìnɛnu踟踟Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaenu踟Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛ̄.nũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ẹnu"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "one with a smelly mouth",
"word": "ẹlẹ́nu irú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"of work"
],
"topics": [
"state"
],
"word": "ẹnu iṣẹ́"
},
{
"english": "to kiss",
"word": "fẹnu kò"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "gbẹ́nu dákẹ́"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "gbẹ́nu sọ́hùn-ún"
},
{
"english": "to open the mouth",
"word": "lanu"
},
{
"english": "to mention",
"word": "mẹ́nu kàn"
},
{
"english": "to quieten",
"word": "panu dé"
},
{
"english": "to shut up",
"word": "panu mọ́"
},
{
"english": "to be spicy",
"word": "ta lẹ́nu"
},
{
"english": "to refer to",
"word": "tẹnu mọ́"
},
{
"english": "to surprise",
"word": "yà lẹ́nu"
},
{
"english": "speech recognition",
"word": "ìsọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu di ọ̀rọ̀ ìwé"
}
],
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},
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},
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"2": "arun"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri arun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "ọnụ",
"3": "ọnụ",
"4": "mouth"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "álu",
"t": "mouth"
},
"expansion": "Igala álu (“mouth”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aye",
"2": "anu"
},
"expansion": "Ayere anu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ahn",
"2": "arũ"
},
"expansion": "Àhàn arũ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ibe",
"2": "onu"
},
"expansion": "Akpes onu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aqg",
"2": "orũ"
},
"expansion": "Arigidi orũ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "nu",
"3": "nu",
"4": "mouth"
},
"expansion": "Ewe nu (“mouth”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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},
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"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
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"mouth"
]
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}
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}
],
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{
"english": "mouth",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹnuview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ùlàjẹ",
"word": "aun踟ÌdànrèÌdànrèẹun踟Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeẹrun踟Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ẹrun踟Ìkòròdúẹrun踟Ṣágámùẹrun踟Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaẹrun踟ÌlàjẹMahinẹrun踟"
},
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},
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"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ẹru踟Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaẹrun踟Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáẹnu踟ÈkóÈkóẹnu踟ÌbàdànÌbàdànẹnu踟Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboẹnu踟ÌgbómìnàÌfẹ́lódùn LGAarun踟Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGAẹnu踟Ìsin LGAẹnu踟ÌlọrinÌlọrinẹnu踟OǹkóÒtùẹnu踟Ìwéré Iléẹnu踟Òkèhòẹnu踟Ìsẹ́yìnẹnu踟Ṣakíẹnu踟Tedéẹnu踟Ìgbẹ́tìẹnu踟Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ẹnu踟Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàẹnu踟Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɛnu踟Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaarun踟Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeanu踟Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́anu踟Tchaourouanu踟ǸcàBaàtɛanu踟ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàɔrun踟Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ɛnu踟Onigboloɛnu踟Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuɛnu踟Ifɛ̀Akpáréarũ踟Atakpamɛarũ踟Bokoɔrũ踟Moretanarũ踟Tchettiarũ踟KuraAwotébiánɔ́踟踟Partagoanɔ踟踟Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiɡɛ́lé踟Northern NagoKamboleanu踟Manigrianu踟Southern NagoÌsakétéɛnu踟踟Ìfànyìnɛnu踟踟Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaenu踟Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "ẹnu"
}
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