See odu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ògùnmọ̀"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"someone who is well known in a society"
],
"links": [
[
"someone",
"someone"
],
[
"well known",
"well known"
],
[
"society",
"society"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) someone who is well known in a society"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "olókìkí"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ò.dú/"
}
],
"word": "odu"
}
Download raw JSONL data for odu meaning in Yoruba (6.4kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: idiomatic, Ìṣẹ̀ṣe",
"path": [
"odu"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "odu",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: idiomatic, Ìṣẹ̀ṣe",
"path": [
"odu"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "odu",
"trace": ""
}
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