See agẹmọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bba",
"2": "agama naki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Baatonum: agama naki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Baatonum: agama naki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ewe: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ewe: agama"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sranan Tongo: agama"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: agama"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "gyama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nupe: gyama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nupe: gyama"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "a-",
"3": "gẹ̀",
"4": "ọmọ",
"lit": "One who cares for children",
"t1": "agent prefix",
"t2": "to care for",
"t3": "children"
},
"expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + gẹ̀ (“to care for”) + ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Folk etymology states a- (“agent prefix”) + gẹ̀ (“to care for”) + ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”; serving as a nickname for the chameleon in comparison to the more formal term ọ̀gà",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "agẹmọ",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "agẹmọ",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "agẹmọ"
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with a-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Reptiles",
"orig": "yo:Reptiles",
"parents": [
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "a deity worshipped by the Ijebu",
"word": "Agẹmọ"
},
{
"english": "chameleon",
"word": "alágẹmọ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"chameleon"
],
"id": "en-agẹmọ-yo-noun-71jvPB4y",
"links": [
[
"chameleon",
"chameleon"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "chameleon",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - agẹmọview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "agẹmọ矠Ọ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókóairo矠Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeagẹmọ矠Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́agẹmọ矠Ìkòròdúagẹmọ矠Ṣágámùagẹmọ矠Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaariro矠OǹdóOǹdóaio矠Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀airo矠ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹaganma矠OlùkùmiUgbódùùgwùmágàlà矠Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìariro矠Òdè Èkìtìariro矠Ìfàkì Èkìtìariro矠Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ariro矠"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "agẹmọ矠Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìariro矠Northwest YorubaẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaagẹmọ矠ÈkóÈkóagẹmọ矠ÌbàdànÌbàdànagẹmọ矠ÌlọrinÌlọrinagẹmọ矠Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́agẹmọ矠Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́agẹmọ矠Ìkirèagẹmọ矠Ìwóagẹmọ矠Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàagẹmọ矠"
},
{
"word": "alágẹmọ矠"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ọ̀gà矠Bɛ̀nɛ̀agɛmɔ矠Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaaríro矠Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèKétu/ÀnàgóÌmẹ̀kọọ̀gà矠Ifɛ̀Akpáréagema矠Atakpamɛagema矠Est-Monoagema矠Tchettiagema矠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"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.ɡɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/"
}
],
"word": "agẹmọ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "a deity worshipped by the Ijebu",
"word": "Agẹmọ"
},
{
"english": "chameleon",
"word": "alágẹmọ"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bba",
"2": "agama naki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Baatonum: agama naki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Baatonum: agama naki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ewe: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ewe: agama"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sranan Tongo: agama"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "agama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: agama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: agama"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "gyama",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nupe: gyama",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nupe: gyama"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "a-",
"3": "gẹ̀",
"4": "ọmọ",
"lit": "One who cares for children",
"t1": "agent prefix",
"t2": "to care for",
"t3": "children"
},
"expansion": "a- (“agent prefix”) + gẹ̀ (“to care for”) + ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Folk etymology states a- (“agent prefix”) + gẹ̀ (“to care for”) + ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”; serving as a nickname for the chameleon in comparison to the more formal term ọ̀gà",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "agẹmọ",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "agẹmọ",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "agẹmọ"
},
"expansion": "agẹmọ",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with a-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"yo:Reptiles"
],
"glosses": [
"chameleon"
],
"links": [
[
"chameleon",
"chameleon"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.ɡɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "chameleon",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - agẹmọview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "agẹmọ矠Ọ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókóairo矠Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeagẹmọ矠Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́agẹmọ矠Ìkòròdúagẹmọ矠Ṣágámùagẹmọ矠Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaariro矠OǹdóOǹdóaio矠Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀airo矠ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹaganma矠OlùkùmiUgbódùùgwùmágàlà矠Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìariro矠Òdè Èkìtìariro矠Ìfàkì Èkìtìariro矠Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ariro矠"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "agẹmọ矠Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìariro矠Northwest YorubaẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaagẹmọ矠ÈkóÈkóagẹmọ矠ÌbàdànÌbàdànagẹmọ矠ÌlọrinÌlọrinagẹmọ矠Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́agẹmọ矠Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́agẹmọ矠Ìkirèagẹmọ矠Ìwóagẹmọ矠Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàagẹmọ矠"
},
{
"word": "alágẹmọ矠"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ọ̀gà矠Bɛ̀nɛ̀agɛmɔ矠Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaaríro矠Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèKétu/ÀnàgóÌmẹ̀kọọ̀gà矠Ifɛ̀Akpáréagema矠Atakpamɛagema矠Est-Monoagema矠Tchettiagema矠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": "agẹmọ"
}
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