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{
"form": "àlà",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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},
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},
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},
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"glosses": [
"purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbàtálá"
],
"id": "en-ala-yo-noun-h3h1dTfq",
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"purity",
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],
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"cloth",
"cloth"
],
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"Ọbàtálá",
"Ọbatala#Yoruba"
]
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"word": "ẹfun"
}
]
}
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}
],
"word": "ala"
}
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},
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"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lá (“to dream”).",
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{
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}
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"word": "lá àlá"
}
],
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],
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],
[
"white",
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],
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],
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]
],
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}
]
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],
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}
],
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}
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"Yoruba nouns",
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}
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"sounds": [
{
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}
],
"word": "ala"
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