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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "dá",
"3": "ifá",
"t1": "to cast, to divinate",
"t2": "Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination"
},
"expansion": "dá (“to cast, to divinate”) + ifá (“Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "dá (“to cast, to divinate”) + ifá (“Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dífá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "dífá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "dífá"
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dífá"
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "babalawo, Ifa diviner",
"word": "adífá"
},
{
"english": "Ifa priest",
"word": "dífá-dífá"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to practice or engage in Ifa divination"
],
"id": "en-difa-yo-verb-VDXTlcD6",
"links": [
[
"practice",
"practice"
],
[
"Ifa",
"Ifa"
],
[
"divination",
"divination"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dáfá"
},
{
"word": "díá"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dí.fá/"
}
],
"word": "difa"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "babalawo, Ifa diviner",
"word": "adífá"
},
{
"english": "Ifa priest",
"word": "dífá-dífá"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "dá",
"3": "ifá",
"t1": "to cast, to divinate",
"t2": "Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination"
},
"expansion": "dá (“to cast, to divinate”) + ifá (“Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "dá (“to cast, to divinate”) + ifá (“Ifá, the Yoruba process of divination”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dífá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "dífá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "dífá"
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dífá"
},
"expansion": "dífá",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to practice or engage in Ifa divination"
],
"links": [
[
"practice",
"practice"
],
[
"Ifa",
"Ifa"
],
[
"divination",
"divination"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dí.fá/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dáfá"
},
{
"word": "díá"
}
],
"word": "difa"
}
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