"bawo" meaning in Yoruba

See bawo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /bá.ꜜwō/ Forms: báwo [canonical]
Etymology: From bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”) Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|bá|èwo|t1=happen to do something (verbal element)|t2=which}} bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”) Head templates: {{head|yo|adverb|head=báwo|head2=}} báwo, {{yo-pos|adverb|báwo}} báwo, {{yo-adv|báwo}} báwo
  1. (interrogative) how Tags: interrogative Synonyms: kí, bí Derived forms: báwo ni?
    Sense id: en-bawo-yo-adv-gESq4fho Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "bá",
        "3": "èwo",
        "t1": "happen to do something (verbal element)",
        "t2": "which"
      },
      "expansion": "bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "báwo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "báwo",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "báwo"
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báwo"
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "yo-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "báwo ni?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how"
      ],
      "id": "en-bawo-yo-adv-gESq4fho",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) how"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kí"
        },
        {
          "word": "bí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bá.ꜜwō/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bawo"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "báwo ni?"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "bá",
        "3": "èwo",
        "t1": "happen to do something (verbal element)",
        "t2": "which"
      },
      "expansion": "bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bá (“happen to do something (verbal element)”) + èwo (“which”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "báwo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "báwo",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "báwo"
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báwo"
      },
      "expansion": "báwo",
      "name": "yo-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba adverbs",
        "Yoruba compound terms",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) how"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kí"
        },
        {
          "word": "bí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bá.ꜜwō/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bawo"
}

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