"alọ" meaning in Yoruba

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          "english": "I solved the riddle",
          "text": "mo já àlọ́ náà",
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        "riddle, quiz"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) riddle, quiz"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ààrọ̀"
        },
        {
          "word": "àlọ́ àpamọ̀"
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Art",
            "Literature",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
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            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
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        "(idiomatic) folktale, fable"
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        {
          "word": "àlọ́ àpagbè"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/à.lɔ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alọ"
}

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      "form": "àlọ́ o!",
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          "english": "storyteller, griot",
          "word": "alálọ̀ọ́"
        },
        {
          "english": "storyteller",
          "word": "apàlọ́"
        },
        {
          "english": "to tell a riddle or folktale",
          "word": "pàlọ́"
        },
        {
          "english": "folktale",
          "word": "àlọ́ àpagbè"
        },
        {
          "english": "riddle, quiz",
          "word": "àlọ́ àpamọ̀"
        },
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          "english": "fable",
          "word": "ìtàn-alálọ̀ọ́ ẹlẹ́ranko"
        }
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          "english": "proverb, adage",
          "word": "òwe"
        },
        {
          "english": "history, story",
          "word": "ìtàn"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.lɔ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alọ"
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          "english": "I solved the riddle",
          "text": "mo já àlọ́ náà",
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          "word": "ààrọ̀"
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        {
          "word": "àlọ́ àpagbè"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/à.lɔ́/"
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  "word": "alọ"
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      "english": "storyteller, griot",
      "word": "alálọ̀ọ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "storyteller",
      "word": "apàlọ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "to tell a riddle or folktale",
      "word": "pàlọ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "folktale",
      "word": "àlọ́ àpagbè"
    },
    {
      "english": "riddle, quiz",
      "word": "àlọ́ àpamọ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "fable",
      "word": "ìtàn-alálọ̀ọ́ ẹlẹ́ranko"
    }
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      "ipa": "/à.lɔ́/"
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