See ọja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
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"word": "ará ọjà"
},
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"word": "ọjà àìkúnjúwọ̀n"
},
{
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"word": "Ọjà-ọba"
},
{
"word": "ọlọ́jà"
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{
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{
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}
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17,
23
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15,
18
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"english": "The noise of the market people was very loud",
"text": "ariwo àwọn èrò ọjà ń hó kùù",
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}
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"market"
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17
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],
"english": "The child was inviting buyers to buy merchandise",
"text": "ọmọ́ ń polówó ọjà",
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}
],
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"market commodities, merchandise; products"
],
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],
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},
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],
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"(slang) marijuana"
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"word": "igbó"
},
{
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],
"word": "ẹja"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gbáná"
}
],
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}
],
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}
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"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọjàview map"
},
{
"word": "ìtaGTRẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀bùGT"
},
{
"word": "ìtaGTÌkòròdúọ̀bùGT"
},
{
"word": "ìtaGTṢágámùọ̀bùGT"
},
{
"roman": "Ùlàjẹ",
"word": "ìtaGTÌkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaọ̀bọ̀nGTÌlàjẹMahinọ̀bọ̀nGTOǹdóOǹdóọ̀bùnGTUsẹnUsẹnọjàGTÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọ̀bọ̀nGTOlùkùmiUgbódùọzàGTProto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó ÈkìtìọjàGT"
},
{
"word": "ẹrẹ́jàGTÀkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọjàGT"
},
{
"word": "ẹrẹ́jàGTMọ̀bàỌ̀tùn ÈkìtìọjàGT"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ẹrẹ́jàGTIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ọjàGTÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàọjàGTNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàọjàGTÈkóÈkóọjàGTÌbàdànÌbàdànọjàGTÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràọjàGTÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogboọjàGTÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnọjàGTÌlọrinÌlọrinọjàGTOǹkóÒtùọjàGTÌwéré IléọjàGTÒkèhòọjàGTÌsẹ́yìnọjàGTṢakíọjàGTTedéọjàGTÌgbẹ́tìọjàGTỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ọjàGTStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàọjàGTBɛ̀nɛ̀ɔjàGTNortheast Yoruba"
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"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbaọjàGTEde Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛajàGTÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàɔjàGTNote: 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"
},
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"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
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"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"
},
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"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
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"english": "A sash worn by a senior Ifa priest",
"word": "agbàjá-ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀"
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{
"english": "someone wearing a belt or sash",
"word": "ọlọ́jàá"
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"english": "medicine capsule",
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{
"word": "ọ̀já-ìdí"
}
]
}
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],
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],
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{
"word": "ọmọba"
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}
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