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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ṣetán"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡ͡bɔ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ڠوَْ"
}
],
"word": "gbọ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs",
"yo:Horticulture",
"yo:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "gbọ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "gbọ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "gbọ́"
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gbọ́"
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This medicine can cure headaches",
"text": "òògùn yìí gbọ́ orí fífọ́",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be able to cure or treatment"
],
"links": [
[
"able",
"able"
],
[
"cure",
"cure"
],
[
"treatment",
"treatment"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡ͡bɔ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ڠوَْ"
}
],
"word": "gbọ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs",
"yo:Horticulture",
"yo:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"forms": [
{
"form": "gbọ́",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "gbọ́",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "gbọ́"
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gbọ́"
},
"expansion": "gbọ́",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This soil is favorable for growing corn",
"text": "erùpẹ̀ yìí gbọ́ àgbàdo",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be favorable; (in particular) for soil to be favorable for growing something"
],
"links": [
[
"favorable",
"favorable"
],
[
"soil",
"soil"
],
[
"growing",
"growing"
],
[
"something",
"something"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gbà"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡ͡bɔ́/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ڠوَْ"
}
],
"word": "gbọ"
}
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