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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "troublemaker",
"word": "abàlújẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to upset",
"word": "bà nínú jẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "vandal",
"word": "bàsèjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "troublemaker",
"word": "ọ̀bàyéjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "spoilt child",
"word": "àkẹ́bàjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "corruption",
"word": "ìbàjẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "sadness",
"word": "ìbànújẹ́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "pollution",
"word": "ìbàyíkájẹ́"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "bà jẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "bà jẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "bà jẹ́"
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bà jẹ́"
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It has broken.",
"text": "Ó ti bà jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Olu spoilt the yam.",
"text": "Olú ba iṣu jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The environment is polluted.",
"text": "Àyíká ti bà jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to damage; to corrupt"
],
"id": "en-ba_jẹ-yo-verb-t9kpCT98",
"links": [
[
"spoil",
"spoil"
],
[
"ruin",
"ruin"
],
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"corrupt",
"corrupt"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, ergative) to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to damage; to corrupt"
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I think what I said upset my friend.",
"text": "Mo rò pé ohun tí mo sọ ba ọ̀rẹ́ mi nínú jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "My mother's sad (literally, “My mother's inside is ruined”)",
"text": "Inú ìyá mi bà jẹ́",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to upset; to be sad; to be troubled"
],
"id": "en-ba_jẹ-yo-verb-0dzwmAQ0",
"links": [
[
"inú",
"inu#Yoruba"
],
[
"upset",
"upset"
],
[
"sad",
"sad"
],
[
"troubled",
"troubled"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with inú) to upset; to be sad; to be troubled"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with inú"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "She's heartbroken (literally, “Her heart has been destroyed”)",
"text": "Ọkàn ẹ̀ bà jẹ́",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be heartbroken; to be heartsick; to be disheartened"
],
"id": "en-ba_jẹ-yo-verb-Xz6jlLES",
"links": [
[
"ọkàn",
"ọkan#Yoruba"
],
[
"heartbroken",
"heartbroken"
],
[
"heartsick",
"heartsick"
],
[
"disheartened",
"disheartened"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with ọkàn) to be heartbroken; to be heartsick; to be disheartened"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with ọkàn"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gbọgbẹ́"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 3 14 78",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 14 80",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 3 13 76",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Indeed! You! Before you disgrace me",
"ref": "2021, FAAJI TV, 5:04–5:08 from the start, in AJANAKU Latest Yoruba Movie 2021 Drama | 2021 Yoruba Movies Starring Itele | Regina Chukwu:",
"text": "Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni! Ìwọ! Kó o tó bà mí lórúkọ jẹ́",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bring shame to one's name; to give one a bad reputation"
],
"id": "en-ba_jẹ-yo-verb-xIp9d7VO",
"links": [
[
"orúkọ",
"orukọ#Yoruba"
],
[
"shame",
"shame"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"reputation",
"reputation"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with orúkọ) to bring shame to one's name; to give one a bad reputation"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with orúkọ"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bà d͡ʒɛ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bàjẹ́"
}
],
"word": "ba jẹ"
}
{
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"Foreign word of the day archive",
"Foreign words of the day in Yoruba",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba multiword terms",
"Yoruba splitting verbs",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "troublemaker",
"word": "abàlújẹ́"
},
{
"english": "to upset",
"word": "bà nínú jẹ́"
},
{
"english": "vandal",
"word": "bàsèjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "troublemaker",
"word": "ọ̀bàyéjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "spoilt child",
"word": "àkẹ́bàjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "corruption",
"word": "ìbàjẹ́"
},
{
"english": "sadness",
"word": "ìbànújẹ́"
},
{
"english": "pollution",
"word": "ìbàyíkájẹ́"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "bà jẹ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "bà jẹ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "bà jẹ́"
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bà jẹ́"
},
"expansion": "bà jẹ́",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba ergative verbs",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It has broken.",
"text": "Ó ti bà jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Olu spoilt the yam.",
"text": "Olú ba iṣu jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The environment is polluted.",
"text": "Àyíká ti bà jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to damage; to corrupt"
],
"links": [
[
"spoil",
"spoil"
],
[
"ruin",
"ruin"
],
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"corrupt",
"corrupt"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, ergative) to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to damage; to corrupt"
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I think what I said upset my friend.",
"text": "Mo rò pé ohun tí mo sọ ba ọ̀rẹ́ mi nínú jẹ́.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "My mother's sad (literally, “My mother's inside is ruined”)",
"text": "Inú ìyá mi bà jẹ́",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to upset; to be sad; to be troubled"
],
"links": [
[
"inú",
"inu#Yoruba"
],
[
"upset",
"upset"
],
[
"sad",
"sad"
],
[
"troubled",
"troubled"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with inú) to upset; to be sad; to be troubled"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with inú"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "She's heartbroken (literally, “Her heart has been destroyed”)",
"text": "Ọkàn ẹ̀ bà jẹ́",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be heartbroken; to be heartsick; to be disheartened"
],
"links": [
[
"ọkàn",
"ọkan#Yoruba"
],
[
"heartbroken",
"heartbroken"
],
[
"heartsick",
"heartsick"
],
[
"disheartened",
"disheartened"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with ọkàn) to be heartbroken; to be heartsick; to be disheartened"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with ọkàn"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gbọgbẹ́"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Indeed! You! Before you disgrace me",
"ref": "2021, FAAJI TV, 5:04–5:08 from the start, in AJANAKU Latest Yoruba Movie 2021 Drama | 2021 Yoruba Movies Starring Itele | Regina Chukwu:",
"text": "Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni! Ìwọ! Kó o tó bà mí lórúkọ jẹ́",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bring shame to one's name; to give one a bad reputation"
],
"links": [
[
"orúkọ",
"orukọ#Yoruba"
],
[
"shame",
"shame"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"reputation",
"reputation"
]
],
"qualifier": "splitting verb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(splitting verb, with orúkọ) to bring shame to one's name; to give one a bad reputation"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with orúkọ"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bà d͡ʒɛ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bàjẹ́"
}
],
"word": "ba jẹ"
}
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