See ọrọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "a paraphrase",
"word": "ẹ̀dà òye-ọ̀rọ̀"
},
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"word": "fọ̀rọ̀ wá ọ̀rọ̀ wò lẹ́nu"
},
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},
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"word": "ọlọ́rọ̀"
},
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn"
},
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ àgbà"
},
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ àjọsọ"
},
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],
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},
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ àṣírí"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ àwàdà"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "unparliamentary language",
"word": "ọ̀rọ̀ àìbófin-ilé-ìgbìmọ̀-aṣòfin-mu"
},
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],
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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],
"word": "ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀"
},
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "ìfọ̀rọ̀dárà"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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},
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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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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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},
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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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}
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{
"english": "a plant of species Euphorbia hirta",
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},
{
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"word": "ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè"
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ọrọ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ọrọ́ agogo",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ọrọ́ aláìdan",
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"alternative"
]
}
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"2": "noun",
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},
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"name": "head"
}
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],
"links": [
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"Euphorbia#Translingual"
]
]
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"ipa": "/ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/"
},
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"ipa": "/ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/"
}
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}
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"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"yo:Money",
"yo:Mythological creatures",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:Religion",
"yo:Semantics",
"yo:Trees"
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"english": "a plant of the genus Euphorbia, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica",
"word": "ọrọ́ agogo"
},
{
"english": "a plant of the genus Euphorbia",
"word": "ọrọ́ aláìdan"
},
{
"english": "a plant of species Euphorbia hirta",
"word": "ọrọ́ eléwé"
},
{
"english": "a plant of the genus Euphorbia",
"word": "ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè"
},
{
"english": "a fern of the genus Pteris",
"word": "ọrọ́ ọ̀pẹ"
}
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"cactus",
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],
[
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}
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"tags": [
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]
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"form": "ọ̀rọ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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"2": "noun",
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},
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/"
}
],
"word": "ọrọ"
}
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