See itan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ìtàn àròsọ"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"bor": "1"
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"text": "→ Gun: itàn"
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"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "itàn",
"3": "tàn",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "itàn"
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"2": "ìtàn"
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"history",
"history"
],
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"story",
"story"
]
]
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"_dis": "13 60 15 13",
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"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
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"_dis": "16 51 18 16",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "0 100 0 0",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"family history",
"family history"
],
[
"genealogy",
"genealogy"
],
[
"lineage",
"lineage"
]
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{
"word": "ìtàn ìdílé"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ì.tã̀/"
}
],
"word": "itan"
}
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{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
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"langcode": "yo",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"2": "itã"
},
"expansion": "Ifè itã",
"name": "cog"
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"etymology_text": "Compare with Ifè itã",
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"form": "itọn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "itan",
"3": ""
},
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"1": "itan"
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"Anatomy"
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"thigh"
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"thigh",
"thigh"
]
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"word": "pópótọn"
},
{
"word": "gbògbòlótan"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ī.tã̄/"
}
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"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
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"3": ""
},
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{
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"1": "ìtan"
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"relation"
]
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with i- (nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Literature"
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"word": "ìtàn àròsọ"
},
{
"english": "oral history",
"word": "ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu"
},
{
"word": "pàtàn"
},
{
"word": "pìtàn"
}
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"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "itàn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Gun: itàn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gun: itàn"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "itàn",
"3": "tàn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Fon: itàn, tàn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Fon: itàn, tàn"
}
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"1": "nup",
"2": "ètàn"
},
"expansion": "Nupe ètàn",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "itàn"
},
"expansion": "Fon itàn",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "igl",
"2": "ìtà"
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"expansion": "Igala ìtà",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "bin",
"2": "ìtàn"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"tags": [
"canonical"
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}
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"expansion": "ìtàn",
"name": "head"
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{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ìtàn",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ìtàn",
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{
"args": {
"1": "ìtàn"
},
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],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"history, story"
],
"links": [
[
"history",
"history"
],
[
"story",
"story"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"family history, genealogy, lineage"
],
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[
"family history",
"family history"
],
[
"genealogy",
"genealogy"
],
[
"lineage",
"lineage"
]
],
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{
"word": "ìtàn ìdílé"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ì.tã̀/"
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with i- (nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Literature"
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"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "itã"
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"expansion": "Ifè itã",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare with Ifè itã",
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{
"form": "itọn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "itan",
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"expansion": "itan",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "itan",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "itan",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itan"
},
"expansion": "itan",
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],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"thigh"
],
"links": [
[
"thigh",
"thigh"
]
],
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{
"word": "pópótọn"
},
{
"word": "gbògbòlótan"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ī.tã̄/"
}
],
"word": "itan"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with i- (nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Literature"
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},
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"name": "affix"
}
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"form": "ìtan",
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},
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"1": "noun",
"2": "ìtan",
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},
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"args": {
"1": "ìtan"
},
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{
"glosses": [
"relation"
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"relation",
"relation"
]
]
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"ipa": "/ì.tã̄/"
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}
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