See ejo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*e-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/e-jò"
],
[
"*e-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/e-jò"
],
[
"éjò",
"ejo#Igala"
],
[
"*é-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/é-jò"
],
[
"òjòlá",
"ojola#Yoruba"
],
[
"*o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yor-pro",
"3": "*e-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *e-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-edk-pro",
"3": "*e-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Edekiri *e-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "éjò"
},
"expansion": "Igala éjò",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "òjòlá"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of òjòlá",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ejò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ejò",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ejò",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ejò"
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "68 12 20",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Snakes",
"orig": "yo:Snakes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "Jameson's mamba",
"translation": "Jameson's mamba",
"word": "ejò abéwérẹ́"
},
{
"english": "boomslang",
"translation": "boomslang",
"word": "ejò abìrùṣoró"
},
{
"word": "ejò jomijòkè"
},
{
"english": "ball python",
"translation": "ball python",
"word": "ejò mọ́námọ́ná"
},
{
"english": "gaboon viper",
"translation": "gaboon viper",
"word": "ejò ọká"
},
{
"english": "black-necked spitting cobra",
"translation": "black-necked spitting cobra",
"word": "ejò ọ̀wùn"
},
{
"english": "night adder",
"translation": "night adder",
"word": "ejò paramọ́lẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "cobra",
"translation": "cobra",
"word": "ejò ṣèbé"
},
{
"english": "boa constrictor, a species of tree snake",
"translation": "boa constrictor, a species of tree snake",
"word": "ejò àgbàfúùfúù"
},
{
"english": "roundworm, tapeworm",
"translation": "roundworm, tapeworm",
"word": "ejò-inú"
},
{
"english": "python",
"translation": "python",
"word": "èjòlá"
}
],
"glosses": [
"snake"
],
"id": "en-ejo-yo-noun-U419n-eO",
"links": [
[
"snake",
"snake"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okùn ilẹ̀"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.d͡ʒò/"
}
],
"word": "ejo"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"è-",
"e-#Yoruba"
],
[
"jó",
"jo#Yoruba"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "è-",
"3": "jó",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to burn"
},
"expansion": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "èjó",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "èjó",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "èjó",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "èjó"
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 62 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 49 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with e-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rubble, burnt ash"
],
"id": "en-ejo-yo-noun-cowagmel",
"links": [
[
"rubble",
"rubble"
],
[
"burnt",
"burnt"
],
[
"ash",
"ash"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 10 82",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Foods",
"orig": "yo:Foods",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bacon, meat that has been cooked to almost burnt"
],
"id": "en-ejo-yo-noun-oGt94LXB",
"links": [
[
"bacon",
"bacon"
],
[
"meat",
"meat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/è.d͡ʒó/"
}
],
"word": "ejo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba doublets",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Edekiri",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with e-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Foods",
"yo:Snakes"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "Jameson's mamba",
"translation": "Jameson's mamba",
"word": "ejò abéwérẹ́"
},
{
"english": "boomslang",
"translation": "boomslang",
"word": "ejò abìrùṣoró"
},
{
"word": "ejò jomijòkè"
},
{
"english": "ball python",
"translation": "ball python",
"word": "ejò mọ́námọ́ná"
},
{
"english": "gaboon viper",
"translation": "gaboon viper",
"word": "ejò ọká"
},
{
"english": "black-necked spitting cobra",
"translation": "black-necked spitting cobra",
"word": "ejò ọ̀wùn"
},
{
"english": "night adder",
"translation": "night adder",
"word": "ejò paramọ́lẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "cobra",
"translation": "cobra",
"word": "ejò ṣèbé"
},
{
"english": "boa constrictor, a species of tree snake",
"translation": "boa constrictor, a species of tree snake",
"word": "ejò àgbàfúùfúù"
},
{
"english": "roundworm, tapeworm",
"translation": "roundworm, tapeworm",
"word": "ejò-inú"
},
{
"english": "python",
"translation": "python",
"word": "èjòlá"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*e-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/e-jò"
],
[
"*e-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/e-jò"
],
[
"éjò",
"ejo#Igala"
],
[
"*é-jò",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/é-jò"
],
[
"òjòlá",
"ojola#Yoruba"
],
[
"*o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yor-pro",
"3": "*e-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *e-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-edk-pro",
"3": "*e-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Edekiri *e-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "éjò"
},
"expansion": "Igala éjò",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-jò"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "òjòlá"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of òjòlá",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ejò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ejò",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ejò",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ejò"
},
"expansion": "ejò",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"snake"
],
"links": [
[
"snake",
"snake"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okùn ilẹ̀"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.d͡ʒò/"
}
],
"word": "ejo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with e-",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Foods",
"yo:Snakes"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"è-",
"e-#Yoruba"
],
[
"jó",
"jo#Yoruba"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "è-",
"3": "jó",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to burn"
},
"expansion": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "èjó",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "èjó",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "èjó",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "èjó"
},
"expansion": "èjó",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"rubble, burnt ash"
],
"links": [
[
"rubble",
"rubble"
],
[
"burnt",
"burnt"
],
[
"ash",
"ash"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"bacon, meat that has been cooked to almost burnt"
],
"links": [
[
"bacon",
"bacon"
],
[
"meat",
"meat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/è.d͡ʒó/"
}
],
"word": "ejo"
}
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