See Ufẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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}
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"2": "u-",
"3": "fẹ̀"
},
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}
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"the historic Ife Kingdom, regarded as the first major civilization of the Yoruba-speaking people, it was dominant from the 11th century to 16th century AD. It was known for its extensive wealth, cultural and religious heritage, and trade."
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"(historical) the historic Ife Kingdom, regarded as the first major civilization of the Yoruba-speaking people, it was dominant from the 11th century to 16th century AD. It was known for its extensive wealth, cultural and religious heritage, and trade."
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Places"
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},
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62,
65
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26,
31
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],
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"text": "Ùláá l'àkọ̀bí Oòduà ké e l'Úfẹ̀",
"type": "example"
}
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"(chiefly CY) Ifẹ̀ subgroup of the Yoruba people"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ʊ̄.fɛ̀/"
}
],
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}
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"Igbomina Yoruba",
"Ijẹṣa Yoruba",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Western Akoko Yoruba",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba proper nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with u-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Dialects",
"yo:Ethnonyms"
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"1": "bin",
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"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Edo: Uhẹ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Edo: Uhẹ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "يُوفِي",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: يُوفِي (yūfī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: يُوفِي (yūfī)"
},
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{
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"2": "Yufi",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ English: Yufi",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "u-",
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"name": "af"
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],
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"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Ufẹ̀"
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"1": "Ufẹ̀"
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"the historic Ife Kingdom, regarded as the first major civilization of the Yoruba-speaking people, it was dominant from the 11th century to 16th century AD. It was known for its extensive wealth, cultural and religious heritage, and trade."
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"(historical) the historic Ife Kingdom, regarded as the first major civilization of the Yoruba-speaking people, it was dominant from the 11th century to 16th century AD. It was known for its extensive wealth, cultural and religious heritage, and trade."
],
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"historical"
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62,
65
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26,
31
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"text": "Ùláá l'àkọ̀bí Oòduà ké e l'Úfẹ̀",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Ifẹ (a city in Nigeria)"
],
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"Ifẹ",
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"Nigeria",
"Nigeria#English"
]
],
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"(chiefly CY) Ifẹ (a city in Nigeria)"
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"word": "Ulé-Ufẹ̀"
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"Yoruba",
"Yoruba"
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[
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"(chiefly CY) Ifẹ̀ dialect of Yoruba"
]
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],
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{
"ipa": "/ū.fɛ̀/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊ̄.fɛ̀/"
}
],
"word": "Ufẹ"
}
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