See ọsan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "noun",
"head": "ọsán",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ọsán",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ọsán",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ọsán",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ọsán"
},
"expansion": "ọsán",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"yo:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"leather strings on the side of a drum to maintain tension of the skin (awọ) (in particular) talking drum strings made from the hide of a calf or underside of a mature cow."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"skin",
"skin"
],
[
"awọ",
"awọ#Yoruba"
],
[
"talking drum",
"talking drum"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) leather strings on the side of a drum to maintain tension of the skin (awọ) (in particular) talking drum strings made from the hide of a calf or underside of a mature cow."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples",
"yo:Archery"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "The bowstring that got broken was what turned the bow into a stick.",
"text": "Ọsán tó já ló sọ ọrun di ọ̀pá.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bowstring"
],
"links": [
[
"archery",
"archery"
],
[
"bowstring",
"bowstring"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archery) bowstring"
],
"topics": [
"archery",
"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.sã́/"
}
],
"word": "ọsan"
}
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