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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Olúwa"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba Olúwa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "olúwa"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba olúwa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ọlụ́a (“lord, leader, prominent one”), compare with Yoruba Olúwa and Yoruba olúwa",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ọlụ́a",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Ọlụ́a",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Ọlụ́a"
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Ọlụ́a"
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ekiti Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "91 9",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Yoruba religion",
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"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A high-ranking divinity (ụmọlẹ̀) of many Èkìtì Yoruba towns, regarded as the supreme deity of the hill and the sky. In some traditions Ọlụ́a is regarded as the supreme being, equivalent to Olódùmarè and Àbarị̀ṣà. This deity's who worshipped is characterized by the performance of ẹ̀fẹ̀ and ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀ poetry."
],
"id": "en-Ọlụa-yo-name-Q56MvqxG",
"links": [
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"high",
"high"
],
[
"ranking",
"ranking"
],
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
],
[
"ụmọlẹ̀",
"ụmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Èkìtì",
"Ekiti#Yoruba"
],
[
"Yoruba",
"Yoruba"
],
[
"supreme",
"supreme"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
],
[
"hill",
"hill"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
],
[
"Olódùmarè",
"Olodumare#Yoruba"
],
[
"Àbarị̀ṣà",
"Abarịṣa#Yoruba"
],
[
"ẹ̀fẹ̀",
"ẹfẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀",
"ujaamẹṣẹ#Yoruba"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti) A high-ranking divinity (ụmọlẹ̀) of many Èkìtì Yoruba towns, regarded as the supreme deity of the hill and the sky. In some traditions Ọlụ́a is regarded as the supreme being, equivalent to Olódùmarè and Àbarị̀ṣà. This deity's who worshipped is characterized by the performance of ẹ̀fẹ̀ and ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀ poetry."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Olú orókè"
},
{
"word": "Olórókè"
},
{
"word": "Ọlụ́ayé"
},
{
"word": "Àbarị̀ṣà"
}
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "God",
"word": "Olúwa"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ekiti Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "yo:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of Olúwa (“God”)"
],
"id": "en-Ọlụa-yo-name-hxrN699c",
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Olúwa",
"Oluwa#Yoruba"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti, Christianity) Alternative form of Olúwa (“God”)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Olódùmarè"
},
{
"word": "Olódùmọrè"
},
{
"word": "Àbarị̀ṣà"
},
{
"word": "Ọlọ́run"
}
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.lʊ́.ā/"
}
],
"word": "Ọlụa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba proper nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Yoruba religion"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Olúwa"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba Olúwa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "olúwa"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba olúwa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ọlụ́a (“lord, leader, prominent one”), compare with Yoruba Olúwa and Yoruba olúwa",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ọlụ́a",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Ọlụ́a",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Ọlụ́a"
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Ọlụ́a"
},
"expansion": "Ọlụ́a",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ekiti Yoruba"
],
"glosses": [
"A high-ranking divinity (ụmọlẹ̀) of many Èkìtì Yoruba towns, regarded as the supreme deity of the hill and the sky. In some traditions Ọlụ́a is regarded as the supreme being, equivalent to Olódùmarè and Àbarị̀ṣà. This deity's who worshipped is characterized by the performance of ẹ̀fẹ̀ and ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀ poetry."
],
"links": [
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"ranking",
"ranking"
],
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
],
[
"ụmọlẹ̀",
"ụmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Èkìtì",
"Ekiti#Yoruba"
],
[
"Yoruba",
"Yoruba"
],
[
"supreme",
"supreme"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
],
[
"hill",
"hill"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
],
[
"Olódùmarè",
"Olodumare#Yoruba"
],
[
"Àbarị̀ṣà",
"Abarịṣa#Yoruba"
],
[
"ẹ̀fẹ̀",
"ẹfẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀",
"ujaamẹṣẹ#Yoruba"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti) A high-ranking divinity (ụmọlẹ̀) of many Èkìtì Yoruba towns, regarded as the supreme deity of the hill and the sky. In some traditions Ọlụ́a is regarded as the supreme being, equivalent to Olódùmarè and Àbarị̀ṣà. This deity's who worshipped is characterized by the performance of ẹ̀fẹ̀ and ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀ poetry."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Olú orókè"
},
{
"word": "Olórókè"
},
{
"word": "Ọlụ́ayé"
},
{
"word": "Àbarị̀ṣà"
}
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "God",
"word": "Olúwa"
}
],
"categories": [
"Ekiti Yoruba",
"yo:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of Olúwa (“God”)"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Olúwa",
"Oluwa#Yoruba"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti, Christianity) Alternative form of Olúwa (“God”)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Olódùmarè"
},
{
"word": "Olódùmọrè"
},
{
"word": "Àbarị̀ṣà"
},
{
"word": "Ọlọ́run"
}
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.lʊ́.ā/"
}
],
"word": "Ọlụa"
}
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