See rẹwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "rẹ",
"3": "ẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹ + ẹwà",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From rẹ + ẹwà.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "rẹwà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "rẹwà",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "rẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "rẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"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 links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "someone who is beautiful",
"translation": "someone who is beautiful",
"word": "arẹwà"
},
{
"english": "to be as beautiful as a kob antelope",
"translation": "to be as beautiful as a kob antelope",
"word": "rẹwà bí egbin"
},
{
"english": "ugliness",
"translation": "ugliness",
"word": "òbùrẹ́wà"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be beautiful; to be handsome"
],
"id": "en-rẹwa-yo-verb-DPUnMxF6",
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"handsome",
"handsome"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lẹ́wà"
},
{
"english": "to be beautiful, handsome",
"translation": "to be beautiful, handsome",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: rẹwàview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ghẹngwà觃OǹdóOǹdósẹngwà觃Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀sẹngwà觃UsẹnUsẹnhẹngwà觃OlùkùmiUgbódùègwà觃Proto-YorubaNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàrẹwà觃Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútarẹwà觃ÈkóÈkórẹwà觃ÌbàdànÌbàdànrẹwà觃ÌlọrinÌlọrinrẹwà觃Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́rẹwà觃Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàrẹwà觃Bɛ̀nɛ̀rɛwà觃Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbahunwà觃Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"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"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɾɛ̄.wà/"
}
],
"word": "rẹwa"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "someone who is beautiful",
"translation": "someone who is beautiful",
"word": "arẹwà"
},
{
"english": "to be as beautiful as a kob antelope",
"translation": "to be as beautiful as a kob antelope",
"word": "rẹwà bí egbin"
},
{
"english": "ugliness",
"translation": "ugliness",
"word": "òbùrẹ́wà"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "rẹ",
"3": "ẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹ + ẹwà",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From rẹ + ẹwà.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "rẹwà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "rẹwà",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "rẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "rẹwà"
},
"expansion": "rẹwà",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to be beautiful; to be handsome"
],
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"handsome",
"handsome"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lẹ́wà"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɾɛ̄.wà/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "to be beautiful, handsome",
"translation": "to be beautiful, handsome",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: rẹwàview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ghẹngwà觃OǹdóOǹdósẹngwà觃Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀sẹngwà觃UsẹnUsẹnhẹngwà觃OlùkùmiUgbódùègwà觃Proto-YorubaNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàrẹwà觃Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútarẹwà觃ÈkóÈkórẹwà觃ÌbàdànÌbàdànrẹwà觃ÌlọrinÌlọrinrẹwà觃Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́rẹwà觃Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàrẹwà觃Bɛ̀nɛ̀rɛwà觃Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbahunwà觃Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "rẹwa"
}
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