See irun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*irṵ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *irṵ̀",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ʊ-rʊ̃"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "irọn"
},
"expansion": "Edo irọn",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *irṵ̀ or Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-rʊ̃, cognate with Edo irọn",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "irun",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "noun",
"2": "irun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "irun",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "irun"
},
"expansion": "irun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to cut hair",
"word": "gẹrun"
},
{
"english": "pubic hair",
"word": "irun abẹ́"
},
{
"english": "armpit hair",
"word": "irun abíyá"
},
{
"english": "body hair",
"word": "irun ara"
},
{
"english": "braided hair",
"word": "irun dídì"
},
{
"english": "nose hair, moustache",
"word": "irun imú"
},
{
"english": "nose hair",
"word": "irun inú imú"
},
{
"english": "threaded hair",
"word": "irun kíkó"
},
{
"english": "eye brow",
"word": "irun ojú"
},
{
"english": "head hair",
"word": "irun orí"
},
{
"english": "moustache",
"word": "irun ètè"
},
{
"english": "eyelashes",
"word": "irun ìpéǹpéjú"
},
{
"english": "moustache",
"word": "irunmú"
},
{
"english": "beard",
"word": "irùngbọ̀n"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hair"
],
"id": "en-irun-yo-noun-TcIVm7oF",
"links": [
[
"hair",
"hair"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "hair",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - irunview map"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́urun氨"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Ìkòròdúurun氨"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Ṣágámùurun氨"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "irọn氨Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairọn氨ÌlàjẹMahinirọn氨OǹdóOǹdóiọn氨Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀irọn氨"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "iran氨UsẹnUsẹnirọn氨ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹurọn氨OlùkùmiUgbódùirọn氨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìụnrụn氨Ìfàkì Èkìtìịrọn氨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ụnrụn氨Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìụnrụn氨Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàirun氨Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáirun氨ÈkóÈkóirun氨ÌbàdànÌbàdànirun氨ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràirun氨Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboirun氨ÌlọrinÌlọrinirun氨OǹkóÒtùirọn氨Ìwéré Iléiọn氨Òkèhòirun氨Ìsẹ́yìnirọn氨Ṣakíirọn氨Tedéirun氨Ìgbẹ́tìirun氨Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́irun氨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàirun氨Bɛ̀nɛ̀irun氨Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunGbẹ̀dẹ̀Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀irun氨ÌbùnúBùnúirun氨ÌjùmúÌjùmúirun氨ÌkìrìAkutupa Kiriirun氨ÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóirun氨OwéKabbairun氨Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀Lọ́kọ́jairun氨Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeirɔ̃氨Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́n̄rɔn氨Tchaouroun̄rɔn氨ǸcàBaàtɛirũ氨ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàirun氨Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́irun氨Onigboloirun氨Kétu"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóÌláráirọn氨Ìmẹ̀kọirọn氨Kétuirun氨"
},
{
"word": "irɔn氨Ifɛ̀Akpáréirɔ̃氨"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "nrũ氨Atakpamɛirũ氨Bokoirũ氨Moretanirũ氨Tchettiirɔ̃氨Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandinto氨Northern NagoKamboleenyɔ̃氨氨Manigriiyɔ̃氨氨Southern NagoÌsakétéirun氨氨Ìfànyìnirun氨氨Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ī.ɾũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "irun"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Perhaps related to the root for five, see ọrún (“every five days”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ìrun",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ìrun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ìrun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
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"3": ""
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ìrun"
},
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}
],
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{
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{
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"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 93",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 93",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 74",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 85",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "yo:Anatomy",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"All topics",
"Health",
"Fundamental",
"Body"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 88",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Body parts",
"orig": "yo:Body parts",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"All topics",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"Health"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 100",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "yo:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to pray salat",
"word": "kírun"
}
],
"glosses": [
"salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)"
],
"id": "en-irun-yo-noun-qc8ULXDo",
"links": [
[
"salat",
"salat"
],
[
"prayer",
"prayer#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ì.ɾũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "irun"
}
{
"categories": [
"Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Religion"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to cut hair",
"word": "gẹrun"
},
{
"english": "pubic hair",
"word": "irun abẹ́"
},
{
"english": "armpit hair",
"word": "irun abíyá"
},
{
"english": "body hair",
"word": "irun ara"
},
{
"english": "braided hair",
"word": "irun dídì"
},
{
"english": "nose hair, moustache",
"word": "irun imú"
},
{
"english": "nose hair",
"word": "irun inú imú"
},
{
"english": "threaded hair",
"word": "irun kíkó"
},
{
"english": "eye brow",
"word": "irun ojú"
},
{
"english": "head hair",
"word": "irun orí"
},
{
"english": "moustache",
"word": "irun ètè"
},
{
"english": "eyelashes",
"word": "irun ìpéǹpéjú"
},
{
"english": "moustache",
"word": "irunmú"
},
{
"english": "beard",
"word": "irùngbọ̀n"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*irṵ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *irṵ̀",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ʊ-rʊ̃"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-rʊ̃",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "irọn"
},
"expansion": "Edo irọn",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *irṵ̀ or Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-rʊ̃, cognate with Edo irọn",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "irun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "irun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "irun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "irun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "irun"
},
"expansion": "irun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"hair"
],
"links": [
[
"hair",
"hair"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ī.ɾũ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "hair",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - irunview map"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́urun氨"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Ìkòròdúurun氨"
},
{
"word": "irọn氨Ṣágámùurun氨"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "irọn氨Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairọn氨ÌlàjẹMahinirọn氨OǹdóOǹdóiọn氨Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀irọn氨"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "iran氨UsẹnUsẹnirọn氨ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹurọn氨OlùkùmiUgbódùirọn氨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìụnrụn氨Ìfàkì Èkìtìịrọn氨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ụnrụn氨Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìụnrụn氨Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàirun氨Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáirun氨ÈkóÈkóirun氨ÌbàdànÌbàdànirun氨ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràirun氨Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboirun氨ÌlọrinÌlọrinirun氨OǹkóÒtùirọn氨Ìwéré Iléiọn氨Òkèhòirun氨Ìsẹ́yìnirọn氨Ṣakíirọn氨Tedéirun氨Ìgbẹ́tìirun氨Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́irun氨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàirun氨Bɛ̀nɛ̀irun氨Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunGbẹ̀dẹ̀Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀irun氨ÌbùnúBùnúirun氨ÌjùmúÌjùmúirun氨ÌkìrìAkutupa Kiriirun氨ÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóirun氨OwéKabbairun氨Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀Lọ́kọ́jairun氨Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeirɔ̃氨Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́n̄rɔn氨Tchaouroun̄rɔn氨ǸcàBaàtɛirũ氨ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàirun氨Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́irun氨Onigboloirun氨Kétu"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóÌláráirọn氨Ìmẹ̀kọirọn氨Kétuirun氨"
},
{
"word": "irɔn氨Ifɛ̀Akpáréirɔ̃氨"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "nrũ氨Atakpamɛirũ氨Bokoirũ氨Moretanirũ氨Tchettiirɔ̃氨Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandinto氨Northern NagoKamboleenyɔ̃氨氨Manigriiyɔ̃氨氨Southern NagoÌsakétéirun氨氨Ìfànyìnirun氨氨Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "irun"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Religion"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to pray salat",
"word": "kírun"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Perhaps related to the root for five, see ọrún (“every five days”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ìrun",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ìrun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ìrun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ìrun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ìrun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ìrun"
},
"expansion": "ìrun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"yo:Islam"
],
"glosses": [
"salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)"
],
"links": [
[
"salat",
"salat"
],
[
"prayer",
"prayer#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ì.ɾũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "irun"
}
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