See imọlẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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"(by extension) primordial spirits or energies in Ìṣẹ̀ṣe. The first four hundred and one of these spirits who were sent to Earth are regarded as the irúnmọlẹ̀."
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"english": "dim light",
"word": "ìmọ́lẹ̀ bàìbàì"
},
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"english": "sunlight",
"word": "ìmọ́lẹ̀ oòrùn"
},
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"english": "moonlight",
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}
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"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with i- (nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with i- (nominalizing)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"english": "forbidden forest, forest inhabited by the imọlẹ̀",
"word": "ugbómọlẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "abọmọlẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "ilé-imọlẹ̀"
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{
"word": "irúnmọlẹ̀"
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"text": "Àjàlémògún jẹ́ imọlẹ̀ tí ìlú Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín",
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}
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"god, earth deity or spirit; ancient ancestor (that are worshipped)"
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"ancient",
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[
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{
"word": "alálẹ̀"
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{
"word": "ọ̀ọ̀ṣà"
},
{
"word": "òrìṣà"
}
]
},
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"primordial spirits or energies in Ìṣẹ̀ṣe. The first four hundred and one of these spirits who were sent to Earth are regarded as the irúnmọlẹ̀."
],
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[
"primordial",
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[
"spirits",
"spirits"
],
[
"energies",
"energies"
],
[
"Ìṣẹ̀ṣe",
"Iṣẹṣe#Yoruba"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
],
[
"irúnmọlẹ̀",
"irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
]
],
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"(by extension) primordial spirits or energies in Ìṣẹ̀ṣe. The first four hundred and one of these spirits who were sent to Earth are regarded as the irúnmọlẹ̀."
],
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{
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},
{
"word": "òrìṣà"
}
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"broadly"
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}
],
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}
],
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"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"english": "dim light",
"word": "ìmọ́lẹ̀ bàìbàì"
},
{
"english": "sunlight",
"word": "ìmọ́lẹ̀ oòrùn"
},
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}
],
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],
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}
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