jẹwọ in Yoruba

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        "to crack a joke"
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        "(transitive) to crack a joke"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ṣàwàdà"
        },
        {
          "word": "ṣeré"
        },
        {
          "word": "ṣe ẹ̀fẹ̀"
        }
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɛ̀.wɔ̀/"
    }
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  "word": "jẹwọ"
}

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          "town",
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          "crowned",
          "crowned"
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          "monarch",
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɛ̄.wɔ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jẹwọ"
}

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          "joke"
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          "word": "ṣàwàdà"
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        "to relocate to the palace of a town upon being crowned as a monarch of a town"
      ],
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        [
          "relocate",
          "relocate"
        ],
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          "palace",
          "palace"
        ],
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          "town",
          "town"
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          "crowned",
          "crowned"
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          "monarch",
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɛ̄.wɔ̀/"
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