"lẹsẹkẹsẹ" meaning in Yoruba

See lẹsẹkẹsẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ́.sɛ̀/, /lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ̄.sɛ̀/ Forms: lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀ [canonical], lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀ [canonical], لعَِسعَِكعَِسعَِ [alternative]
Etymology: ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, ultimately from ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|ní|ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀}} ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, {{compound|yo|ẹsẹ̀|-kí-|ẹsẹ̀|t1=foot|t2=infix|t3=foot}} ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) Head templates: {{head|yo|adverb|head=lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀|head2=}} lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, {{yo-pos|adverb|lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀}} lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, {{head|yo|adverb|head=lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀|head2=}} lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀, {{yo-pos|adverb|lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀}} lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀
  1. immediately, at once Synonyms: níkíákíá
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ní",
        "3": "ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ẹsẹ̀",
        "3": "-kí-",
        "4": "ẹsẹ̀",
        "t1": "foot",
        "t2": "infix",
        "t3": "foot"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, ultimately from ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لعَِسعَِكعَِسعَِ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms interfixed with -ki-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "immediately, at once"
      ],
      "id": "en-lẹsẹkẹsẹ-yo-adv-fSZUkaQ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "immediately",
          "immediately"
        ],
        [
          "at once",
          "at once"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "níkíákíá"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ́.sɛ̀/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ̄.sɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lẹsẹkẹsẹ"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ní",
        "3": "ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ẹsẹ̀",
        "3": "-kí-",
        "4": "ẹsẹ̀",
        "t1": "foot",
        "t2": "infix",
        "t3": "foot"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ní + ẹsẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, ultimately from ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”) + -kí- (“infix”) + ẹsẹ̀ (“foot”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لعَِسعَِكعَِسعَِ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba adverbs",
        "Yoruba compound terms",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba terms interfixed with -ki-",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "immediately, at once"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "immediately",
          "immediately"
        ],
        [
          "at once",
          "at once"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "níkíákíá"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ́.sɛ̀/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛ́.sɛ̀.kɛ̄.sɛ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lẹsẹkẹsẹ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lẹsẹkẹsẹ meaning in Yoruba (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yoruba dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.