"kọ" meaning in Yoruba

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Particle

IPA: /kɔ́/ Forms: kọ́ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|particle|head=kọ́|head2=}} kọ́, {{yo-pos|particle|kọ́}} kọ́
  1. a negation particle, used specifically with emphatic pronouns and nouns
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-particle-hk8ykX9s Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba particles Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 3 39 7 8 6 6 6 6 9 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 55 5 6 5 5 4 4 7 4 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 35 6 6 9 5 13 4 19 4 Disambiguation of Yoruba particles: 75 25
  2. a negation particle, used with ni to create sarcastic statements
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-particle-GW2BCu4p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̀/ Forms: kọ̀ [canonical]
Etymology: Cognates include Ifè kɔ̀ Etymology templates: {{cog|ife|kɔ̀}} Ifè kɔ̀ Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ̀|head2=}} kọ̀, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ̀}} kọ̀
  1. to refuse, reject Derived forms: kọ̀ sílẹ̀ (english: to divorce)
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-gYxwiiH2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɔ́/ Forms: kọ́ [canonical]
Etymology: Cognates include Itsekiri kọ́, Ifè kɔ́ Etymology templates: {{cog|its|kọ́}} Itsekiri kọ́, {{cog|ife|kɔ́}} Ifè kɔ́ Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ́|head2=}} kọ́, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ́}} kọ́
  1. to build, construct
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-LIho60Gm
  2. to learn, teach, instruct, acquire
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb--ifUuvdL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (english: student), ẹ̀kọ́ (english: teaching), ilé ẹ̀kọ́ (english: school), kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (english: to learn), kọ́ sórí (english: to learn by heart), kọ́lé (english: to build a house), kọ́lékọ́lé (english: builder), olùkọ́ (english: teacher), ìwẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (english: textbook)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kɔ́/ Forms: kọ́ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ́|head2=}} kọ́, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ́}} kọ́
  1. to hang, suspend
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-EKESVrAv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̄/
Etymology: Cognates include Ifè kɔ Etymology templates: {{cog|ife|kɔ}} Ifè kɔ Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ|head2=}} kọ, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ}} kọ
  1. to write Derived forms: kọ̀wé (english: to write (a book)), pátákò ìkọ̀wé (english: blackboard), ìkọ̀wé [writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media]
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-GyIdbR6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̄/
Etymology: Cognates include Ifè kɔ Etymology templates: {{cog|ife|kɔ}} Ifè kɔ Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ|head2=}} kọ, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ}} kọ
  1. to stub, strike, hit Derived forms: kọsẹ̀ (english: to stub the foot)
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-u-6jy5Qm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̄/
Etymology: Cognates include Ifè kɔ Etymology templates: {{cog|ife|kɔ}} Ifè kɔ Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=kọ|head2=}} kọ, {{yo-pos|verb|kọ}} kọ
  1. to recite Derived forms: kọrin (english: to sing)
    Sense id: en-kọ-yo-verb-sDslcFv0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "kɔ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè kɔ̀",
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "kọ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to divorce",
          "translation": "to divorce",
          "word": "kọ̀ sílẹ̀"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              2,
              5
            ]
          ],
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              4,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You refused to greet the elder",
          "text": "O kọ̀ láti kí àgbà yẹn",
          "translation": "You refused to greet the elder",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse, reject"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-gYxwiiH2",
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "student",
      "translation": "student",
      "word": "akẹ́kọ̀ọ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "teaching",
      "translation": "teaching",
      "word": "ẹ̀kọ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "school",
      "translation": "school",
      "word": "ilé ẹ̀kọ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to learn",
      "translation": "to learn",
      "word": "kẹ́kọ̀ọ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to learn by heart",
      "translation": "to learn by heart",
      "word": "kọ́ sórí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to build a house",
      "translation": "to build a house",
      "word": "kọ́lé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "builder",
      "translation": "builder",
      "word": "kọ́lékọ́lé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "teacher",
      "translation": "teacher",
      "word": "olùkọ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "textbook",
      "translation": "textbook",
      "word": "ìwẹ́kọ̀ọ́"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "kọ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri kọ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "kɔ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ́",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Itsekiri kọ́, Ifè kɔ́",
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      "form": "kọ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kọ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "kọ́"
      },
      "expansion": "kọ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to build, construct"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-LIho60Gm",
      "links": [
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "construct",
          "construct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
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              16,
              19
            ],
            [
              24,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ],
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm helping the teacher teach these children",
          "text": "Mò ń bá àwọn olùkọ́ yẹn kọ́ ọmọdé wọ̀nyí",
          "translation": "I'm helping the teacher teach these children",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to learn, teach, instruct, acquire"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb--ifUuvdL",
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ],
        [
          "acquire",
          "acquire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "args": {
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        "2": "particle",
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        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kọ́",
      "name": "head"
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      },
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      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "particle",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 39 7 8 6 6 6 6 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 55 5 6 5 5 4 4 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 6 6 9 5 13 4 19 4",
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          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
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        }
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              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
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            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It is not me that did it",
          "text": "Èmi kọ́ ló ṣe é!",
          "translation": "It is not me that did it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a negation particle, used specifically with emphatic pronouns and nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-particle-hk8ykX9s",
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        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Not your hair, the sky (sarcastic)",
          "text": "Irun kọ́, ọ̀run ni",
          "translation": "Not your hair, the sky (sarcastic)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a negation particle, used with ni to create sarcastic statements"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-particle-GW2BCu4p",
      "links": [
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ],
        [
          "ni",
          "ni#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "kọ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kọ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
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    {
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        {
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              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I hung my clothes from that rope",
          "text": "Mo kọ́ aṣo mi láti okùn yẹn",
          "translation": "I hung my clothes from that rope",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hang, suspend"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-EKESVrAv",
      "links": [
        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ],
        [
          "suspend",
          "suspend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "kɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè kɔ",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kọ",
      "name": "head"
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to write (a book)",
          "translation": "to write (a book)",
          "word": "kọ̀wé"
        },
        {
          "english": "blackboard",
          "translation": "blackboard",
          "word": "pátákò ìkọ̀wé"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "writing",
            "journalism",
            "literature",
            "communications",
            "publishing",
            "media"
          ],
          "word": "ìkọ̀wé"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              11,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              19,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She's helping them write it",
          "text": "Ó ń bá wọn kọ ọ́",
          "translation": "She's helping them write it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-GyIdbR6y",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "kɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè kɔ",
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        "head": "kọ",
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          "english": "to stub the foot",
          "translation": "to stub the foot",
          "word": "kọsẹ̀"
        }
      ],
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        {
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              9,
              11
            ]
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              9
            ]
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          "english": "I stubbed my toe on that rock",
          "text": "Mo fẹsẹ̀ kọ òkúta yẹn",
          "translation": "I stubbed my toe on that rock",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stub, strike, hit"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-u-6jy5Qm",
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        [
          "stub",
          "stub"
        ],
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          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
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          "hit",
          "hit"
        ]
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}

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        "1": "ife",
        "2": "kɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè kɔ",
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    {
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ",
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      "name": "head"
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          "english": "to sing",
          "translation": "to sing",
          "word": "kọrin"
        }
      ],
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        {
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              17
            ]
          ],
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              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I recite the song",
          "text": "Orin náà ni mo kọ",
          "translation": "I recite the song",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite"
      ],
      "id": "en-kọ-yo-verb-sDslcFv0",
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kọ"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to divorce",
      "translation": "to divorce",
      "word": "kọ̀ sílẹ̀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ifè kɔ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè kɔ̀",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kọ̀",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "kọ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "kọ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "text": "Mo kọ́ aṣo mi láti okùn yẹn",
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      "english": "to write (a book)",
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      "word": "kọ̀wé"
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      "english": "blackboard",
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      "word": "pátákò ìkọ̀wé"
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      "english": "to stub the foot",
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          "english": "I recite the song",
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}

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