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{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
"lang_code": "pcm",
"tags": [
"calque",
"calque"
],
"word": "chop life"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "jẹ",
"3": "ayé",
"t1": "to consume; to eat",
"t2": "life"
},
"expansion": "jẹ (“to consume; to eat”) + ayé (“life”)",
"name": "com"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From jẹ (“to consume; to eat”) + ayé (“life”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "jayé",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "jayé",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "jayé"
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "jayé"
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "enjoyer of life",
"translation": "enjoyer of life",
"word": "jayéjayé"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Live the life of royalty\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Live the life of royalty\"",
"word": "Jayéọba"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Enjoy the privilege of wealth\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Enjoy the privilege of wealth\"",
"word": "Jayéọlá"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Sit and enjoy life\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Sit and enjoy life\"",
"word": "Kalẹ̀jayé"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to enjoy life; to vibe"
],
"id": "en-jaye-yo-verb-XDEcZuyY",
"links": [
[
"enjoy",
"enjoy"
],
[
"vibe",
"vibe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) to enjoy life; to vibe"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gbádùn"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒā.jé/"
}
],
"word": "jaye"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "enjoyer of life",
"translation": "enjoyer of life",
"word": "jayéjayé"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Live the life of royalty\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Live the life of royalty\"",
"word": "Jayéọba"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Enjoy the privilege of wealth\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Enjoy the privilege of wealth\"",
"word": "Jayéọlá"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Sit and enjoy life\"",
"translation": "A Yoruba name meaning, \"Sit and enjoy life\"",
"word": "Kalẹ̀jayé"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
"lang_code": "pcm",
"tags": [
"calque",
"calque"
],
"word": "chop life"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "jẹ",
"3": "ayé",
"t1": "to consume; to eat",
"t2": "life"
},
"expansion": "jẹ (“to consume; to eat”) + ayé (“life”)",
"name": "com"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From jẹ (“to consume; to eat”) + ayé (“life”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "jayé",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "jayé",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "jayé"
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "jayé"
},
"expansion": "jayé",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba idioms",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to enjoy life; to vibe"
],
"links": [
[
"enjoy",
"enjoy"
],
[
"vibe",
"vibe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) to enjoy life; to vibe"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gbádùn"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒā.jé/"
}
],
"word": "jaye"
}
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