See ọwọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"glosses": [
"active engagement, endorsement"
],
"links": [
[
"active",
"active"
],
[
"engagement",
"engagement"
],
[
"endorsement",
"endorsement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) active engagement, endorsement"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"grip, power, force"
],
"links": [
[
"grip",
"grip"
],
[
"power",
"power"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) grip, power, force"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"applause"
],
"links": [
[
"applause",
"applause"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pàtẹ́wọ́"
},
{
"word": "ṣápẹ́"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.wɔ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "hand",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọwọ́view map"
},
{
"word": "loguó搥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": "ọwọ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba palindromes",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Cleaning",
"yo:Herbs",
"yo:Hygiene",
"yo:Money",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:Writing"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "in-groups",
"word": "ọ̀wọ̀ọ̀wọ́"
},
{
"english": "herd",
"word": "ọ̀wọ́ ẹran"
},
{
"english": "flock",
"word": "ọ̀wọ́ ẹyẹ"
},
{
"english": "pride",
"word": "ọ̀wọ́ kìnnìún"
},
{
"english": "species",
"word": "ọ̀wọ́-ọ̀tọ̀"
},
{
"english": "to classify, to categorize",
"word": "pínsọ́wọ̀ọ́"
},
{
"english": "hybridization",
"word": "ìfọmọ-irúyọlára-ọ̀wọ́-ọ̀tọ̀-mọ́kàn"
}
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ọ̀wọ́",
"t": "to be multiple, to be a group"
},
"expansion": "Igala ọ̀wọ́ (“to be multiple, to be a group”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ọ̀wọ́ (“to be multiple, to be a group”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ọ̀wọ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ọọ̀",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ọ̀wọ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ọ̀wọ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ọ̀wọ́",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ọ̀wọ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ọ̀wọ́"
},
"expansion": "ọ̀wọ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"patterned group, a homogeneous entity, caravan, series, class"
],
"links": [
[
"patterned",
"patterned"
],
[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"homogeneous",
"homogeneous"
],
[
"entity",
"entity"
],
[
"caravan",
"caravan"
],
[
"series",
"series"
],
[
"class",
"class"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agbo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̀.wɔ́/"
}
],
"word": "ọwọ"
}
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