See uli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "uli",
"3": "ulí"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri ulí",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "únyí"
},
"expansion": "Igala únyí",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ú-lí"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ulí",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ulí",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ulí",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulí"
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ao Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Eastern Akoko Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant target parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lucumí links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mokole links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ondo Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 11 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Southeast Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Usẹn Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ọwọ Yoruba",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "builder",
"word": "kọ́líkọ́lí"
},
{
"english": "wall gecko",
"word": "ọmọlúlí"
},
{
"english": "to enter",
"word": "wulí"
},
{
"english": "to come home",
"word": "wúlí"
}
],
"glosses": [
"house, home"
],
"id": "en-uli-yo-noun-5XyCHOg5",
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
],
[
"home",
"home"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(SEY) house, home"
],
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{
"english": "house",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iléview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ulí箬Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeulé箬Àgọ́ Ìwòyèulé箬Ìjẹ̀bú Igbóulé箬Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ulé箬Ìkòròdúulé箬Ṣágámùulé箬Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaulí箬ÌlàjẹMahinulí箬OǹdóOǹdóulí箬Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ulí箬UsẹnUsẹnulí箬ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹulí箬"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "inọ́lí箬OlùkùmiUgbódùulé箬Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìulé箬Ìfàkì Èkìtìulé箬Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ulé箬Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìulé箬Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ulé箬Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàulé箬Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóilé箬Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàilé箬Ìgbẹsàilé箬Ọ̀tàilé箬Agégeilé箬Ìlogbò Erémiilé箬Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròilé箬Igbógilailé箬Ìjàkáilé箬Ìlaròóilé箬Ìṣàwọ́njọilé箬ÌbàdànÌbàdànilé箬Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboilé箬ÌlọrinÌlọrinilé箬OǹkóÒtùn̄lé箬Ìwéré Ilén̄lé箬Òkèhòn̄lé箬Ìsẹ́yìnn̄lé箬Ṣakín̄lé箬Tedén̄lé箬Ìgbẹ́tìn̄lé箬Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ilé箬Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ilé箬Ìkirèilé箬Ìwóilé箬Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàilé箬Bɛ̀nɛ̀ilé箬Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóilé箬OwéKabbailé箬"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ulé箬Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeilé箬Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ilé箬Tchaourouilé箬ǸcàBaàtɛilé箬"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "n̄lé箬ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàilé箬Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ilé箬Ọ̀húnbẹ́ilé箬Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráilé箬Ìmẹ̀kọilé箬Kétuilé箬Ifɛ̀Akpáréilé箬Atakpamɛilé箬Bokoilé箬Moretanilé箬Tchettiilé箬KuraAledjo-Kourailé箬箬Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandikpásɛ̃箬Northern NagoKamboleilé箬箬Manigriilé箬箬Southern NagoÌsakétéilé箬箬Ìfànyìnilé箬箬Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanailé箬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": "/ū.lí/"
}
],
"word": "uli"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "builder",
"word": "kọ́líkọ́lí"
},
{
"english": "wall gecko",
"word": "ọmọlúlí"
},
{
"english": "to enter",
"word": "wulí"
},
{
"english": "to come home",
"word": "wúlí"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "uli",
"3": "ulí"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri ulí",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "únyí"
},
"expansion": "Igala únyí",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ú-lí"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ulí",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ulí",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ulí",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulí"
},
"expansion": "ulí",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ao Yoruba",
"Eastern Akoko Yoruba",
"Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant target parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Lucumí links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Mokole links with redundant alt parameters",
"Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ondo Yoruba",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Southeast Yoruba",
"Usẹn Yoruba",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ọwọ Yoruba"
],
"glosses": [
"house, home"
],
"links": [
[
"house",
"house"
],
[
"home",
"home"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(SEY) house, home"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ū.lí/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "house",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iléview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ulí箬Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeulé箬Àgọ́ Ìwòyèulé箬Ìjẹ̀bú Igbóulé箬Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ulé箬Ìkòròdúulé箬Ṣágámùulé箬Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaulí箬ÌlàjẹMahinulí箬OǹdóOǹdóulí箬Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ulí箬UsẹnUsẹnulí箬ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹulí箬"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "inọ́lí箬OlùkùmiUgbódùulé箬Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìulé箬Ìfàkì Èkìtìulé箬Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ulé箬Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìulé箬Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ulé箬Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàulé箬Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóilé箬Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàilé箬Ìgbẹsàilé箬Ọ̀tàilé箬Agégeilé箬Ìlogbò Erémiilé箬Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròilé箬Igbógilailé箬Ìjàkáilé箬Ìlaròóilé箬Ìṣàwọ́njọilé箬ÌbàdànÌbàdànilé箬Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboilé箬ÌlọrinÌlọrinilé箬OǹkóÒtùn̄lé箬Ìwéré Ilén̄lé箬Òkèhòn̄lé箬Ìsẹ́yìnn̄lé箬Ṣakín̄lé箬Tedén̄lé箬Ìgbẹ́tìn̄lé箬Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ilé箬Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ilé箬Ìkirèilé箬Ìwóilé箬Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàilé箬Bɛ̀nɛ̀ilé箬Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóilé箬OwéKabbailé箬"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ulé箬Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeilé箬Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ilé箬Tchaourouilé箬ǸcàBaàtɛilé箬"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "n̄lé箬ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàilé箬Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ilé箬Ọ̀húnbẹ́ilé箬Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráilé箬Ìmẹ̀kọilé箬Kétuilé箬Ifɛ̀Akpáréilé箬Atakpamɛilé箬Bokoilé箬Moretanilé箬Tchettiilé箬KuraAledjo-Kourailé箬箬Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandikpásɛ̃箬Northern NagoKamboleilé箬箬Manigriilé箬箬Southern NagoÌsakétéilé箬箬Ìfànyìnilé箬箬Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanailé箬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": "uli"
}
Download raw JSONL data for uli meaning in Yoruba (5.3kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: SEY",
"path": [
"uli"
],
"section": "Yoruba",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "uli",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: SEY",
"path": [
"uli"
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}
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