See kọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
}
],
"word": "kọ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to stub the foot",
"word": "kọsẹ̀"
}
],
"etymology_number": 6,
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "kọ"
},
"expansion": "kọ",
"name": "yo-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I stubbed my toe on that rock",
"text": "Mo fẹsẹ̀ kọ òkúta yẹn",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to stub, strike, hit"
],
"links": [
[
"stub",
"stub"
],
[
"strike",
"strike"
],
[
"hit",
"hit"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
}
],
"word": "kọ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to sing",
"word": "kọrin"
}
],
"etymology_number": 7,
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "kọ"
},
"expansion": "kọ",
"name": "yo-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I recite the song",
"text": "Orin náà ni mo kọ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to recite"
],
"links": [
[
"recite",
"recite"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɔ̄/"
}
],
"word": "kọ"
}
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