"fẹ" meaning in Yoruba

See fẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɛ́/ Forms: fẹ́ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fẹ́|head2=}} fẹ́, {{yo-pos|verb|fẹ́}} fẹ́, {{yo-verb|fẹ́}} fẹ́
  1. (transitive) to want, to desire Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-DxcqCuGQ Categories (other): Eastern Akoko Yoruba, Ekiti Yoruba, Idanre Yoruba, Ifẹ Yoruba, Igbomina Yoruba, Ijẹbu Yoruba, Ijẹṣa Yoruba, Ikalẹ Yoruba, Ilajẹ Yoruba, Ondo Yoruba, Rẹmọ Yoruba Disambiguation of Eastern Akoko Yoruba: 33 0 0 0 34 0 9 0 0 3 21 Disambiguation of Ekiti Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Idanre Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ifẹ Yoruba: 35 2 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 18 Disambiguation of Igbomina Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹbu Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹṣa Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ikalẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ilajẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ondo Yoruba: 34 2 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 3 20 Disambiguation of Rẹmọ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19
  2. to be on the verge of Synonyms: fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-Wt~i8MKz
  3. to like Synonyms: fẹ́ràn
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-0W5OiILv
  4. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) to love Tags: intransitive, sometimes, stative, transitive, usually Synonyms: nífẹ̀ẹ́
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-N-OMg8z-
  5. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) to love
    (transitive) to marry
    Tags: intransitive, sometimes, stative, transitive, usually Synonyms: nífẹ̀ẹ́, gbé
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-HG1SHFrZ Categories (other): Eastern Akoko Yoruba, Ekiti Yoruba, Idanre Yoruba, Ifẹ Yoruba, Igbomina Yoruba, Ijẹbu Yoruba, Ijẹṣa Yoruba, Ikalẹ Yoruba, Ilajẹ Yoruba, Ondo Yoruba, Rẹmọ Yoruba, Western Akoko Yoruba Disambiguation of Eastern Akoko Yoruba: 33 0 0 0 34 0 9 0 0 3 21 Disambiguation of Ekiti Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Idanre Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ifẹ Yoruba: 35 2 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 18 Disambiguation of Igbomina Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹbu Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹṣa Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ikalẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ilajẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ondo Yoruba: 34 2 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 3 20 Disambiguation of Rẹmọ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Western Akoko Yoruba: 25 2 0 0 39 0 6 0 0 2 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فعَِ Derived forms: Fẹ́mi (english: given name), fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ (english: almost), olùfẹ́ (english: lover), àfẹ́ẹ̀rí (english: wanting without seeing), ìfẹ́ (english: love), ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ (english: bad love)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɛ́/ Forms: fẹ́ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fẹ́|head2=}} fẹ́, {{yo-pos|verb|fẹ́}} fẹ́, {{yo-verb|fẹ́}} fẹ́
  1. to blow
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-rHj~HNDI
  2. to winnow
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-aIC5XdqY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فعَِ Derived forms: afẹ́fẹ́ (english: wind), fẹ́kà (english: to winnow maize/grain)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fɛ̀/ Forms: fẹ̀ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fẹ̀|head2=}} fẹ̀, {{yo-pos|verb|fẹ̀}} fẹ̀, {{yo-verb|fẹ̀}} fẹ̀
  1. to be wide
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-G1zD3wCl
  2. (intransitive) to widen, to expand Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-2b9tpmGr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Ọwọ Yoruba Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 10 6 6 6 6 13 6 17 6 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 11 7 7 7 7 10 7 23 7 8 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 4 4 9 4 8 4 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Ọwọ Yoruba: 21 0 0 0 21 0 5 0 42 0 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فعَِ Derived forms: Ifẹ̀ [city, cities, region, location], fífẹ̀ (english: wide)
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /fɛ̀/ Forms: fẹ̀ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fẹ̀|head2=}} fẹ̀, {{yo-pos|verb|fẹ̀}} fẹ̀, {{yo-verb|fẹ̀}} fẹ̀
  1. (chiefly CY and SEY) to be successful, to be prosperous
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-WyJDNnJp
  2. (chiefly CY and SEY) to be mature, to be ripe
    Sense id: en-fẹ-yo-verb-UtGgU-cN Categories (other): Eastern Akoko Yoruba, Ekiti Yoruba, Idanre Yoruba, Ifẹ Yoruba, Igbomina Yoruba, Ijẹbu Yoruba, Ijẹṣa Yoruba, Ikalẹ Yoruba, Ilajẹ Yoruba, Ondo Yoruba, Rẹmọ Yoruba Disambiguation of Eastern Akoko Yoruba: 33 0 0 0 34 0 9 0 0 3 21 Disambiguation of Ekiti Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Idanre Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ifẹ Yoruba: 35 2 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 18 Disambiguation of Igbomina Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹbu Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ijẹṣa Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ikalẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ilajẹ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19 Disambiguation of Ondo Yoruba: 34 2 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 3 20 Disambiguation of Rẹmọ Yoruba: 36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فعَِ
Etymology number: 4
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "given name",
      "word": "Fẹ́mi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "almost",
      "word": "fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lover",
      "word": "olùfẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wanting without seeing",
      "word": "àfẹ́ẹ̀rí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "love",
      "word": "ìfẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bad love",
      "word": "ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 0 0 0 34 0 9 0 0 3 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Akoko Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ekiti Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Idanre Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 2 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ifẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Igbomina Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹṣa Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ikalẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ilajẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 2 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 3 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ondo Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Rẹmọ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want to sleep.",
          "text": "Mo fẹ́ sùn.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, to desire"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-DxcqCuGQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to want, to desire"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's about to rain. (Rain is almost falling.)",
          "text": "Òjò fẹ́ rọ̀.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be on the verge of"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-Wt~i8MKz",
      "links": [
        [
          "on the verge of",
          "on the verge of"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to like"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-0W5OiILv",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fẹ́ràn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Love me, love me o/ Come on get down/ I want to give you a gift/ So you calm down/ I'll give you pleasure.",
          "ref": "2014, Brymo, Fẹ́ mi:",
          "text": "Fẹ́ mi, fẹ́ mi o/ Ó yá sọ̀kalẹ̀/ Mo fẹ́ fún ẹ lẹ́bùn/ Kó o fara balẹ̀/ Mo máa fún ẹ ládùn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to love"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-N-OMg8z-",
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) to love"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nífẹ̀ẹ́"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "stative",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 0 0 0 34 0 9 0 0 3 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Akoko Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ekiti Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Idanre Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 2 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ifẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Igbomina Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹṣa Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ikalẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ilajẹ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 2 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 3 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ondo Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 0 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Rẹmọ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 2 0 0 39 0 6 0 0 2 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Western Akoko Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Will you marry me?",
          "text": "Ṣé wàá fẹ́ mi?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to love",
        "to marry"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-HG1SHFrZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "marry",
          "marry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) to love",
        "(transitive) to marry"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nífẹ̀ẹ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "gbé"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "stative",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fẹ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wind",
      "word": "afẹ́fẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to winnow maize/grain",
      "word": "fẹ́kà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ́",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A breeze is blowing.",
          "text": "Afẹ́fẹ́ ń fẹ́.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to blow"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-rHj~HNDI",
      "links": [
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Farmers typically winnow when it's windy.",
          "text": "Àwọn àgbẹ̀ máa ń fẹ́ ọkà nígbà tí afẹ́fẹ́ bá fẹ́.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to winnow"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-aIC5XdqY",
      "links": [
        [
          "winnow",
          "winnow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fẹ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Nigeria"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Ifẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wide",
      "word": "fífẹ̀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "fẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be wide"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-G1zD3wCl",
      "links": [
        [
          "wide",
          "wide"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 10 6 6 6 6 13 6 17 6 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 7 7 7 7 10 7 23 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 10 4 4 9 4 8 4 28 5 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 0 0 0 21 0 5 0 42 0 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ọwọ Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ọ̀rọ̀ àyálò ń fẹ àká-ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá, ṣùgbọ́n ìpàdánù wo ló wà?\nLoanwords are expanding Yorùbá's lexicon, but at what cost?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to widen, to expand"
      ],
      "id": "en-fẹ-yo-verb-2b9tpmGr",
      "links": [
        [
          "widen",
          "widen"
        ],
        [
          "expand",
          "expand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to widen, to expand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fẹ"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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    },
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      "english": "lover",
      "word": "olùfẹ́"
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      "english": "wanting without seeing",
      "word": "àfẹ́ẹ̀rí"
    },
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      "english": "love",
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      "english": "bad love",
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          "text": "Fẹ́ mi, fẹ́ mi o/ Ó yá sọ̀kalẹ̀/ Mo fẹ́ fún ẹ lẹ́bùn/ Kó o fara balẹ̀/ Mo máa fún ẹ ládùn.",
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        "usually"
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        {
          "english": "Will you marry me?",
          "text": "Ṣé wàá fẹ́ mi?",
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        }
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        "to love",
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      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
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}

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      "english": "wind",
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      "english": "to winnow maize/grain",
      "word": "fẹ́kà"
    }
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          "english": "A breeze is blowing.",
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        }
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        "to blow"
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        {
          "english": "Farmers typically winnow when it's windy.",
          "text": "Àwọn àgbẹ̀ máa ń fẹ́ ọkà nígbà tí afẹ́fẹ́ bá fẹ́.",
          "type": "example"
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      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
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}

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      "english": "wide",
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        "to be wide"
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        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Ọ̀rọ̀ àyálò ń fẹ àká-ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá, ṣùgbọ́n ìpàdánù wo ló wà?\nLoanwords are expanding Yorùbá's lexicon, but at what cost?",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to widen, to expand"
      ],
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          "widen",
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        "(intransitive) to widen, to expand"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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      "ipa": "/fɛ̀/"
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      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
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}

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        {
          "english": "The party was very successful",
          "text": "ìpàdé e ní fẹ̀",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "One person does not cause a town to become prosperous",
          "text": "Ọnìkan kìí jẹ́ kí ìlú fẹ̀",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to be successful, to be prosperous"
      ],
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        "(chiefly CY and SEY) to be successful, to be prosperous"
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          "ripe",
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        "(chiefly CY and SEY) to be mature, to be ripe"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/fɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "فعَِ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fẹ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fẹ meaning in Yoruba (7.9kB)

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