"baalẹ" meaning in Yoruba

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        "2": "baba",
        "3": "oní",
        "4": "ilẹ̀",
        "lit": "Father of the town",
        "t1": "father",
        "t2": "one who has",
        "t3": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + ilẹ̀ (“land”), literally “Father of the town”",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + ilẹ̀ (“land”), literally “Father of the town”.",
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    {
      "form": "baálẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "baálẹ̀",
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      "expansion": "baálẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
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        "1": "noun",
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      "expansion": "baálẹ̀",
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      "args": {
        "1": "baálẹ̀"
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      "expansion": "baálẹ̀",
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Monarchy",
          "orig": "yo:Monarchy",
          "parents": [
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            "High society",
            "Government",
            "Society",
            "Politics",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "a title given to a baálẹ̀",
          "word": "Baálẹ̀"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Examples of modern day monarchs in Nigeria whom were originally baálẹ̀ include the Ṣọ̀ún of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ and the Olúbàdàn of Ìbàdàn, whom both answered to the Aláàfin"
        },
        {
          "text": "baálórí l'ó nilórí, baálẹ̀ l'ó nìlú, òun sì lọkọ ìlú, ṣùgbọ́n ọba l'ó nilẹ̀ ― The husband owns the house, and the baálẹ̀ owns the village, he is the lord of the community, but the king owns the land (proverb on authority)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "In pre-colonial Yoruba society, the head or ruler of a small village or a town. In modern day Nigeria, most baálẹ̀ have been recognized as a king of their own respective village."
      ],
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          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bāá.lɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baalẹ"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a title given to a baálẹ̀",
      "word": "Baálẹ̀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "baba",
        "3": "oní",
        "4": "ilẹ̀",
        "lit": "Father of the town",
        "t1": "father",
        "t2": "one who has",
        "t3": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + ilẹ̀ (“land”), literally “Father of the town”",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + ilẹ̀ (“land”), literally “Father of the town”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "baálẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "baálẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "baálẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "baálẹ̀",
        "3": ""
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      "expansion": "baálẹ̀",
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      "args": {
        "1": "baálẹ̀"
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        "yo:Monarchy",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Examples of modern day monarchs in Nigeria whom were originally baálẹ̀ include the Ṣọ̀ún of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ and the Olúbàdàn of Ìbàdàn, whom both answered to the Aláàfin"
        },
        {
          "text": "baálórí l'ó nilórí, baálẹ̀ l'ó nìlú, òun sì lọkọ ìlú, ṣùgbọ́n ọba l'ó nilẹ̀ ― The husband owns the house, and the baálẹ̀ owns the village, he is the lord of the community, but the king owns the land (proverb on authority)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "town",
          "town"
        ],
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          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bāá.lɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baalẹ"
}