See Eṣu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "a worshipper of Èṣù",
"word": "eléṣù"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Yoruba name meaning, Èṣù gave birth to this child",
"word": "Èṣúbíyìí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Yoruba name, meaning, Èṣù brings joy",
"word": "Èṣúkáyọ̀dé"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Eshu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Eshu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Eshu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Exu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: Exu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: Exu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "exu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: exu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: exu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kri",
"2": "eshu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Krio: eshu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Krio: eshu"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "è-",
"3": "ṣù",
"lit": "The one who allows for coexistence",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to bring together, to harmonize"
},
"expansion": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to bring together, to harmonize”), literally “The one who allows for coexistence”",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "Èsù"
},
"expansion": "Edo Èsù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "idd",
"2": "Echu",
"3": "Èchù"
},
"expansion": "Ede Idaca Èchù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "Eṣu",
"3": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri Èṣù",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology is unclear, some propose it may come from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to bring together, to harmonize”), literally “The one who allows for coexistence”, though this may simply be a folk etymology.\n* This is said to refer to the role of Èṣù as an intermediary between the evil and good forces of the universe.\nCompare with Edo Èsù, Ede Idaca Èchù, Itsekiri Èṣù",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Èṣù",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Èṣù",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant target parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with e-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Èṣù Láàlú, Èṣù Ọdàrà, Èṣù elépolẹ́nu; Èṣù Láàlú, Ògiri-òkò! ― Eshu Láàlú, Èṣù Ọdàrà, Èṣù who has red oil on his mouth; Èṣù Láàlú, the stone wall! (oríkì Èṣù)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The orisha and primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) of judgement, trickery, crossroads, and the messenger of Olódùmarè in the Yoruba religion. He is believed to epitomize the duality of goodness and malevolence, and is the intermediary between humanity and the evil forces, the Ajogun."
],
"id": "en-Eṣu-yo-name-9GrTWOeR",
"links": [
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"primordial",
"primordial"
],
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
],
[
"irúnmọlẹ̀",
"irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"judgement",
"judgement"
],
[
"trickery",
"trickery"
],
[
"crossroads",
"crossroads"
],
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"Olódùmarè",
"Olodumare#Yoruba"
],
[
"goodness",
"goodness"
],
[
"malevolence",
"malevolence"
],
[
"Ajogun",
"Ajogun#Yoruba"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Ẹlẹ́gbà"
},
{
"word": "Ẹlẹ́gbára"
},
{
"word": "Láàróyè"
},
{
"word": "Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀gá"
},
{
"word": "Èṣù Láàlú"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Satan, the Devil"
],
"id": "en-Eṣu-yo-name-pI2A15O4",
"links": [
[
"Satan",
"Satan"
],
[
"Devil",
"Devil"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(proscribed) Satan, the Devil"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sátánì"
},
{
"word": "Bìlísì"
}
],
"tags": [
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/è.ʃù/"
}
],
"word": "Eṣu"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba proper nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with e-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Yoruba religion"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "a worshipper of Èṣù",
"word": "eléṣù"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning, Èṣù gave birth to this child",
"word": "Èṣúbíyìí"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name, meaning, Èṣù brings joy",
"word": "Èṣúkáyọ̀dé"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Eshu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Eshu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Eshu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Exu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: Exu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: Exu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "exu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: exu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: exu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kri",
"2": "eshu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Krio: eshu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Krio: eshu"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "è-",
"3": "ṣù",
"lit": "The one who allows for coexistence",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to bring together, to harmonize"
},
"expansion": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to bring together, to harmonize”), literally “The one who allows for coexistence”",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "Èsù"
},
"expansion": "Edo Èsù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "idd",
"2": "Echu",
"3": "Èchù"
},
"expansion": "Ede Idaca Èchù",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "Eṣu",
"3": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri Èṣù",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology is unclear, some propose it may come from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to bring together, to harmonize”), literally “The one who allows for coexistence”, though this may simply be a folk etymology.\n* This is said to refer to the role of Èṣù as an intermediary between the evil and good forces of the universe.\nCompare with Edo Èsù, Ede Idaca Èchù, Itsekiri Èṣù",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Èṣù",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Èṣù",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Èṣù"
},
"expansion": "Èṣù",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba links with redundant target parameters",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Èṣù Láàlú, Èṣù Ọdàrà, Èṣù elépolẹ́nu; Èṣù Láàlú, Ògiri-òkò! ― Eshu Láàlú, Èṣù Ọdàrà, Èṣù who has red oil on his mouth; Èṣù Láàlú, the stone wall! (oríkì Èṣù)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The orisha and primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) of judgement, trickery, crossroads, and the messenger of Olódùmarè in the Yoruba religion. He is believed to epitomize the duality of goodness and malevolence, and is the intermediary between humanity and the evil forces, the Ajogun."
],
"links": [
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"primordial",
"primordial"
],
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
],
[
"irúnmọlẹ̀",
"irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"judgement",
"judgement"
],
[
"trickery",
"trickery"
],
[
"crossroads",
"crossroads"
],
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"Olódùmarè",
"Olodumare#Yoruba"
],
[
"goodness",
"goodness"
],
[
"malevolence",
"malevolence"
],
[
"Ajogun",
"Ajogun#Yoruba"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Ẹlẹ́gbà"
},
{
"word": "Ẹlẹ́gbára"
},
{
"word": "Láàróyè"
},
{
"word": "Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀gá"
},
{
"word": "Èṣù Láàlú"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba proscribed terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Satan, the Devil"
],
"links": [
[
"Satan",
"Satan"
],
[
"Devil",
"Devil"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(proscribed) Satan, the Devil"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sátánì"
},
{
"word": "Bìlísì"
}
],
"tags": [
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/è.ʃù/"
}
],
"word": "Eṣu"
}
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