See ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"english": "when",
"word": "nígbà tí"
},
{
"english": "at any time",
"word": "nígbàkugbà"
},
{
"english": "two days ago",
"word": "níjẹta"
},
{
"english": "down",
"word": "nílẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "at home",
"word": "nílé"
},
{
"english": "inside",
"word": "nínú"
},
{
"english": "in any position",
"word": "nípòkípò"
},
{
"english": "below, under",
"word": "nísàlẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "because of",
"word": "nítorí"
}
],
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"form": "ní",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"2": "preposition",
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},
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},
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},
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"word": "sí"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"at, in (used when no movement is implied)"
],
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[
"at",
"at"
],
[
"in",
"in"
]
]
},
{
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"preposition used for creating adverbials"
]
}
],
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"other": "/nĩ́/"
}
],
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}
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"Yoruba verbs"
],
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}
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{
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},
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},
{
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},
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}
],
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{
"word": "sọ"
},
{
"word": "wí"
}
],
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],
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"to say"
],
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"say",
"say"
]
],
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"(intransitive) to say"
],
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"intransitive"
]
}
],
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"other": "/nĩ́/"
}
],
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}
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"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
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"head": "ni",
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},
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{
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"1": "verb",
"2": "ni"
},
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},
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},
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{
"word": "jẹ́"
},
{
"word": "wà"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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],
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"to be (to have a quality or identification)"
],
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"be",
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]
],
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"(transitive) to be (to have a quality or identification)"
],
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]
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}
],
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}
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"word": "níni"
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},
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{
"categories": [
"Yoruba intransitive verbs"
],
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"to be bloated, to be tumid"
],
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[
"bloated",
"bloated"
],
[
"tumid",
"tumid"
]
],
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"(intransitive) to be bloated, to be tumid"
],
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],
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{
"other": "/nĩ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ni"
}
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