"aayo" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /àà.jò/ Forms: ààyò [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ààyò|head2=}} ààyò, {{yo-pos|noun|ààyò|}} ààyò, {{yo-noun|ààyò}} ààyò
  1. favorite, chosen
    Sense id: en-aayo-yo-noun-Yk04O1Xc
  2. (idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-aayo-yo-noun-5b8BKwDr Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Download JSON data for aayo meaning in Yoruba (1.6kB)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ààyò",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ààyò",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ààyò",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ààyò"
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The father assigned the clothes as his favorite",
          "text": "babá sa aṣọ náà ní ààyò",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "favorite, chosen"
      ],
      "id": "en-aayo-yo-noun-Yk04O1Xc",
      "links": [
        [
          "favorite",
          "favorite"
        ],
        [
          "chosen",
          "chosen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ọmọ olúgbó ụmọlẹ̀ àrìmáàyò yúbẹ̀, káàyò rẹ̀ ké ró súlé dè é\nThe child of the forest of the deity that does not bring his beloved to accompany him, his beloved will wait for him patiently at home\n(Èkìtì familial oríkì)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man"
      ],
      "id": "en-aayo-yo-noun-5b8BKwDr",
      "links": [
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ],
        [
          "cherished",
          "cherished"
        ],
        [
          "favorite",
          "favorite"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/àà.jò/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aayo"
}
{
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    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ààyò",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ààyò",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ààyò",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ààyò"
      },
      "expansion": "ààyò",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The father assigned the clothes as his favorite",
          "text": "babá sa aṣọ náà ní ààyò",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "favorite, chosen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "favorite",
          "favorite"
        ],
        [
          "chosen",
          "chosen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba idioms",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ọmọ olúgbó ụmọlẹ̀ àrìmáàyò yúbẹ̀, káàyò rẹ̀ ké ró súlé dè é\nThe child of the forest of the deity that does not bring his beloved to accompany him, his beloved will wait for him patiently at home\n(Èkìtì familial oríkì)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ],
        [
          "cherished",
          "cherished"
        ],
        [
          "favorite",
          "favorite"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/àà.jò/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aayo"
}

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