See iwọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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}
],
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],
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[
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"poison"
]
],
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},
{
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}
]
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],
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"2": "ì-",
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"2": "úwọ"
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{
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}
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{
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},
{
"word": "wọ́n"
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "mi"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "ọ"
},
{
"word": "yín"
},
{
"word": "[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs]"
},
{
"word": "ẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "èmi"
},
{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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},
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"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
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"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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},
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{
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},
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},
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"2": "alv-yor-pro",
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]
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},
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],
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}
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}
],
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},
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},
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}
],
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}
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{
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{
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{
"word": "[pronoun dropped]"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"word": "yín"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "èmi"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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],
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}
],
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}
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
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},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
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"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba",
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"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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{
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ìwọ́"
},
"expansion": "ìwọ́",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"yo:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"umbilical cord"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"umbilical cord",
"umbilical cord"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) umbilical cord"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"yo:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"navel"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"navel",
"navel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) navel"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "idodo"
},
{
"word": "udodo"
}
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ì.wɔ́/"
}
],
"word": "iwọ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for iwọ meaning in Yoruba (7.4kB)
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