See alẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "last night",
"word": "alẹ́ àná"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Yorùbá name",
"word": "Ayọ̀bámikalẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "good evening",
"word": "káalẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "dusk, evening",
"word": "àṣálẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "evening",
"word": "ìrọ̀lẹ́"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ánẹ́"
},
"expansion": "Igala ánẹ́",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "a-",
"3": "lẹ́",
"id1": "non-gerundive nominalizing prefix",
"t1": "non-gerundive nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to approach the night, to be at dusk"
},
"expansion": "a- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + lẹ́ (“to approach the night, to be at dusk”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ánẹ́, equivalent to a- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + lẹ́ (“to approach the night, to be at dusk”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "alẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "alẹ́",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alẹ́"
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"evening, night (7pm to 10pm)"
],
"id": "en-alẹ-yo-noun-IueUTUNa",
"links": [
[
"evening",
"evening"
],
[
"night",
"night"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba euphemisms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "8 86 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 89 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 92 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 79",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (non-gerundive nominalizing prefix)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 54 2 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Times of day",
"orig": "yo:Times of day",
"parents": [
"Periodic occurrences",
"Timekeeping",
"Time",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one's deathbed, the end of one's life"
],
"id": "en-alẹ-yo-noun-iHgQSEbR",
"links": [
[
"deathbed",
"deathbed"
],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, euphemistic) one's deathbed, the end of one's life"
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.lɛ́/"
}
],
"word": "alẹ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "guardian spirit of a town; ancestor",
"word": "alálẹ̀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "bedrock",
"word": "alẹ̀-odò"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "personification of the land as a female deity",
"word": "Alẹ̀"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ánẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "Igala ánẹ̀",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ala"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ala",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ànị̀"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ànị̀",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ànà"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ànà",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*á-lɛ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-lɛ̀",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "nẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "Igala nẹ̀",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ánẹ̀ and possibly Igbo ala, Igbo ànị̀, Igbo ànà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-lɛ̀, possibly related to dawn breaking over the land, see Igala nẹ̀",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alẹ̀",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "alẹ̀",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "alẹ̀",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"land, earth, soil"
],
"id": "en-alẹ-yo-noun-3j-~5Sdn",
"links": [
[
"land",
"land"
],
[
"earth",
"earth"
],
[
"soil",
"soil"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erùpẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "iyẹ̀pẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "ekuru"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"country, homeland"
],
"id": "en-alẹ-yo-noun-vE1CTb4J",
"links": [
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"homeland",
"homeland"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.lɛ̀/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ilẹ̀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ulẹ̀"
}
],
"word": "alẹ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (non-gerundive nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Times of day"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "last night",
"word": "alẹ́ àná"
},
{
"english": "Yorùbá name",
"word": "Ayọ̀bámikalẹ́"
},
{
"english": "good evening",
"word": "káalẹ́"
},
{
"english": "dusk, evening",
"word": "àṣálẹ́"
},
{
"english": "evening",
"word": "ìrọ̀lẹ́"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ánẹ́"
},
"expansion": "Igala ánẹ́",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "a-",
"3": "lẹ́",
"id1": "non-gerundive nominalizing prefix",
"t1": "non-gerundive nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to approach the night, to be at dusk"
},
"expansion": "a- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + lẹ́ (“to approach the night, to be at dusk”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ánẹ́, equivalent to a- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + lẹ́ (“to approach the night, to be at dusk”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "alẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "alẹ́",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alẹ́"
},
"expansion": "alẹ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"evening, night (7pm to 10pm)"
],
"links": [
[
"evening",
"evening"
],
[
"night",
"night"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba euphemisms",
"Yoruba idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"one's deathbed, the end of one's life"
],
"links": [
[
"deathbed",
"deathbed"
],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, euphemistic) one's deathbed, the end of one's life"
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.lɛ́/"
}
],
"word": "alẹ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Times of day"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "guardian spirit of a town; ancestor",
"word": "alálẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "bedrock",
"word": "alẹ̀-odò"
},
{
"english": "personification of the land as a female deity",
"word": "Alẹ̀"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ánẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "Igala ánẹ̀",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ala"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ala",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ànị̀"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ànị̀",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ànà"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ànà",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*á-lɛ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *á-lɛ̀",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "nẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "Igala nẹ̀",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ánẹ̀ and possibly Igbo ala, Igbo ànị̀, Igbo ànà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-lɛ̀, possibly related to dawn breaking over the land, see Igala nẹ̀",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alẹ̀",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "alẹ̀",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "alẹ̀",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alẹ̀"
},
"expansion": "alẹ̀",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"land, earth, soil"
],
"links": [
[
"land",
"land"
],
[
"earth",
"earth"
],
[
"soil",
"soil"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erùpẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "iyẹ̀pẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "ekuru"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"country, homeland"
],
"links": [
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"homeland",
"homeland"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ā.lɛ̀/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ilẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "ulẹ̀"
}
],
"word": "alẹ"
}
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