See mu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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],
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},
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}
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{
"english": "palm wine",
"word": "ẹmu"
},
{
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"word": "momi"
},
{
"english": "to drink alcohol",
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},
{
"english": "to smoke weed",
"word": "mugbó"
},
{
"english": "to drink water",
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},
{
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{
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"text": "Ọmọdé ń mu ọsàn.",
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"to lick (juicy fruits such as oranges, or deserts such as ice cream)"
],
"links": [
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"lick",
"lick"
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[
"orange",
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],
[
"ice cream",
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{
"english": "She doesn't smoke cigarettes.",
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],
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"to smoke"
],
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]
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}
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},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
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}
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"english": "to bring",
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},
{
"english": "to break down stereotypes",
"word": "mú ẹ̀tanú kúrò"
},
{
"english": "to hold",
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}
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{
"english": "I caught the ball.",
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"english": "I feel cold. (Cold is having an effect on me)",
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}
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"do",
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"expansion": "mù",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "mù"
},
"expansion": "mù",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mù"
},
"expansion": "mù",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ijẹbu Yoruba"
],
"glosses": [
"to know"
],
"links": [
[
"know",
"know"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ijebu) to know"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mũ̀/"
}
],
"word": "mu"
}
Download raw JSONL data for mu meaning in Yoruba (7.1kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
"path": [
"mu"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "mu",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
"path": [
"mu"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "mu",
"trace": ""
}
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