"fifu" meaning in Yoruba

See fifu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún Etymology templates: {{cog|its|fifẹn}} Itsekiri fifẹn, {{cog|yo|funfun}} Yoruba funfun, {{cog|ife|fũfũ}} Ifè fũfũ, {{cog|ulb|fúfún}} Olukumi fúfún Head templates: {{head|yo|adjective|head=fifu|head2=}} fifu, {{yo-pos|adjective|fifu}} fifu, {{yo-adj|fifu}} fifu
  1. (Ijebu) white
    Sense id: en-fifu-yo-adj-AY-pakRx Categories (other): Ijẹbu Yoruba, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 10

Noun

Etymology: Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún Etymology templates: {{cog|its|fifẹn}} Itsekiri fifẹn, {{cog|yo|funfun}} Yoruba funfun, {{cog|ife|fũfũ}} Ifè fũfũ, {{cog|ulb|fúfún}} Olukumi fúfún Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=fifu|head2=}} fifu, {{yo-pos|noun|fifu|}} fifu, {{yo-noun|fifu}} fifu
  1. (Ijebu) whiteness, white color
    Sense id: en-fifu-yo-noun-~I~OsOqL Categories (other): Ijẹbu Yoruba, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 10

Verb

Etymology: Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún Etymology templates: {{cog|its|fifẹn}} Itsekiri fifẹn, {{cog|yo|funfun}} Yoruba funfun, {{cog|ife|fũfũ}} Ifè fũfũ, {{cog|ulb|fúfún}} Olukumi fúfún Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fifu|head2=}} fifu, {{yo-pos|verb|fifu}} fifu, {{yo-verb|fifu}} fifu
  1. (Ijebu) to be white
    Sense id: en-fifu-yo-verb-RGyUpFLp Categories (other): Ijẹbu Yoruba, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 10
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 46 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Her skin has turned white.",
          "text": "Ara rẹ̀ ti fifu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be white"
      ],
      "id": "en-fifu-yo-verb-RGyUpFLp",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) to be white"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "fifu",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 46 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whiteness, white color"
      ],
      "id": "en-fifu-yo-noun-~I~OsOqL",
      "links": [
        [
          "whiteness",
          "whiteness"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) whiteness, white color"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective",
        "2": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 46 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me the white cloth.",
          "text": "Fú mi n'áṣọ fifu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "id": "en-fifu-yo-adj-AY-pakRx",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) white"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba adjectives",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Her skin has turned white.",
          "text": "Ara rẹ̀ ti fifu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) to be white"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba adjectives",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "fifu",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ijẹbu Yoruba"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whiteness, white color"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whiteness",
          "whiteness"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) whiteness, white color"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}

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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba adjectives",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "fifẹn"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri fifẹn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "funfun"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba funfun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "fũfũ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè fũfũ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "fúfún"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi fúfún",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates with Itsekiri fifẹn, Yoruba funfun, Ifè fũfũ, Olukumi fúfún",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "fifu",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective",
        "2": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fifu"
      },
      "expansion": "fifu",
      "name": "yo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me the white cloth.",
          "text": "Fú mi n'áṣọ fifu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) white"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fī.fū/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fifu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fifu meaning in Yoruba (4.0kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
    "fifu"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "fifu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
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    "fifu"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fifu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
    "fifu"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fifu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
    "fifu"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fifu",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fifu",
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}

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