"bẹri" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /bɛ́.ɾí/ Forms: bẹ́rí [canonical]
Etymology: From bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”) Etymology templates: {{com|yo|bẹ́|orí|t1=to chop off|t2=head}} bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=bẹ́rí|head2=}} bẹ́rí, {{yo-pos|noun|bẹ́rí|}} bẹ́rí, {{yo-noun|bẹ́rí}} bẹ́rí
  1. to behead
    Sense id: en-bẹri-yo-noun-XOZtl1WF
  2. (figurative) to salute Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bẹri-yo-noun-RTRt9hyh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "bẹ́",
        "3": "orí",
        "t1": "to chop off",
        "t2": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bẹ́rí",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "bẹ́rí",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "bẹ́rí",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bẹ́rí"
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to behead"
      ],
      "id": "en-bẹri-yo-noun-XOZtl1WF",
      "links": [
        [
          "behead",
          "behead"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I won't salute the politician",
          "text": "Mi ò ní bẹ́rí fún olóṣèlú",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to salute"
      ],
      "id": "en-bẹri-yo-noun-RTRt9hyh",
      "links": [
        [
          "salute",
          "salute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to salute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ́.ɾí/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bẹri"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "bẹ́",
        "3": "orí",
        "t1": "to chop off",
        "t2": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bẹ́ (“to chop off”) + orí (“head”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bẹ́rí",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "bẹ́rí",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "bẹ́rí",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bẹ́rí"
      },
      "expansion": "bẹ́rí",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to behead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behead",
          "behead"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I won't salute the politician",
          "text": "Mi ò ní bẹ́rí fún olóṣèlú",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to salute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salute",
          "salute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to salute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ́.ɾí/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bẹri"
}

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