See uli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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"word": "kọ́líkọ́lí"
},
{
"english": "wall gecko",
"word": "ọmọlúlí"
},
{
"english": "to enter",
"word": "wulí"
},
{
"english": "to come home",
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}
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],
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"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
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"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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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"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ū.lí/"
}
],
"word": "uli"
}
{
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"word": "kọ́líkọ́lí"
},
{
"english": "wall gecko",
"word": "ọmọlúlí"
},
{
"english": "to enter",
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},
{
"english": "to come home",
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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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},
{
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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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}
Download raw JSONL data for uli meaning in Yoruba (5.6kB)
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