See ku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ikú"
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},
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"word": "òkú"
}
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"english": "Many died in that accident",
"text": "Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back",
"text": "Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o",
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"english": "to bid farewell to earth",
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},
{
"english": "to use the ground as a blanket",
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],
"word": "filẹ̀ ṣaṣọ bora"
},
{
"word": "gbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọra"
},
{
"english": "to leave the world",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "jáde láyé"
},
{
"english": "to change position",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "papòdà"
},
{
"english": "to go to heaven",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "rọ̀run"
},
{
"word": "rèwàlẹ̀ àṣà"
},
{
"english": "to cease from existing",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "ṣaláìsí"
},
{
"word": "ta téru nípàá"
},
{
"english": "to bow and accept to cloth",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "tẹ́rí gbaṣọ"
},
{
"english": "to enter the hole in the ground",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "wọ káà ilẹ̀ lọ"
},
{
"english": "to enter the ceiling",
"word": "wàjà"
}
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"ipa": "/kú/"
}
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"english": "remainder, rest, others",
"word": "yòókù"
},
{
"english": "remains; shards",
"word": "àfọ́kù"
},
{
"english": "remainder after a cut",
"word": "àgékù"
},
{
"english": "leftovers",
"word": "àjẹkù"
},
{
"english": "fossil",
"word": "àkẹ̀kù"
},
{
"word": "àkékù"
},
{
"english": "secondhand; leftover waste",
"word": "àlòkù"
},
{
"english": "(cigarette) butt",
"word": "àmukù"
},
{
"english": "ruins",
"word": "àṣẹ́kù"
},
{
"english": "decrease; decline",
"word": "ìdínkù"
},
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"english": "remainder, rest, others",
"word": "ìyòókù"
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"english": "There're three months left until I go back",
"text": "Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ",
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"word": "ikú"
},
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"english": "immortality",
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"english": "Many died in that accident",
"text": "Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back",
"text": "Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to die"
],
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]
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"ipa": "/kú/"
}
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"english": "to bid farewell to earth",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "dágbére fáyé"
},
{
"english": "to use the ground as a blanket",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "filẹ̀ ṣaṣọ bora"
},
{
"word": "gbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọra"
},
{
"english": "to leave the world",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "jáde láyé"
},
{
"english": "to change position",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "papòdà"
},
{
"english": "to go to heaven",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "rọ̀run"
},
{
"word": "rèwàlẹ̀ àṣà"
},
{
"english": "to cease from existing",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "ṣaláìsí"
},
{
"word": "ta téru nípàá"
},
{
"english": "to bow and accept to cloth",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "tẹ́rí gbaṣọ"
},
{
"english": "to enter the hole in the ground",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "wọ káà ilẹ̀ lọ"
},
{
"english": "to enter the ceiling",
"word": "wàjà"
}
],
"word": "ku"
}
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"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
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"Yoruba verbs"
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"english": "remainder, rest, others",
"word": "yòókù"
},
{
"english": "remains; shards",
"word": "àfọ́kù"
},
{
"english": "remainder after a cut",
"word": "àgékù"
},
{
"english": "leftovers",
"word": "àjẹkù"
},
{
"english": "fossil",
"word": "àkẹ̀kù"
},
{
"word": "àkékù"
},
{
"english": "secondhand; leftover waste",
"word": "àlòkù"
},
{
"english": "(cigarette) butt",
"word": "àmukù"
},
{
"english": "ruins",
"word": "àṣẹ́kù"
},
{
"english": "decrease; decline",
"word": "ìdínkù"
},
{
"english": "remainder, rest, others",
"word": "ìyòókù"
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"english": "There're three months left until I go back",
"text": "Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ",
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"to remain"
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}
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