"nla" meaning in Yoruba

See nla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ŋ́.lá/ Forms: ńlá [canonical], نلَ [alternative], lílá [alternative], nílá [alternative]
Etymology: From partial reduplication of lá (“to be big”). Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yo|lá|nocap=1|t=to be big}} reduplication of lá (“to be big”) Head templates: {{head|yo|adjective|head=ńlá|head2=}} ńlá, {{yo-pos|adjective|ńlá}} ńlá, {{yo-adj|ńlá}} ńlá
  1. big, large Synonyms: títóbi Derived forms: ńlá-ńlá
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "lá",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "to be big"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication of lá (“to be big”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From partial reduplication of lá (“to be big”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ńlá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نلَ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lílá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nílá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "ńlá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective",
        "2": "ńlá"
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ńlá"
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "yo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Yoruba reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ńlá-ńlá"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When a big problem knocks a person down, smaller problems easily ride over him (proverb on a chain of problems)",
          "text": "bí ìyà ńlá bá gbéni ṣánlẹ̀, ìyà kékèké á gorí ẹni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "big, large"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "títóbi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ́.lá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nla"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ńlá-ńlá"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "lá",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "to be big"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication of lá (“to be big”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From partial reduplication of lá (“to be big”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ńlá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نلَ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lílá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nílá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "ńlá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective",
        "2": "ńlá"
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ńlá"
      },
      "expansion": "ńlá",
      "name": "yo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba adjectives",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba reduplications",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When a big problem knocks a person down, smaller problems easily ride over him (proverb on a chain of problems)",
          "text": "bí ìyà ńlá bá gbéni ṣánlẹ̀, ìyà kékèké á gorí ẹni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "big, large"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "títóbi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ́.lá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nla"
}

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