See uli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"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"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ulí",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
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"head2": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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"3": ""
},
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},
{
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"1": "ulí"
},
"expansion": "ulí",
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}
],
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{
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},
{
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"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",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
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"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": "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"
},
{
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"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"
]
],
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"(SEY) house, home"
],
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{
"english": "house",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iléview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "ulí昗Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeulé昗Àgọ́ Ìwòyèulé昗Ìjẹ̀bú Igbóulé昗Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ulé昗Ìkòròdúulé昗Ṣágámùulé昗Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaulí昗ÌlàjẹMahinulí昗OǹdóOǹdóulí昗Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ulí昗UsẹnUsẹnulí昗ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹulí昗"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "inọ́lí昗OlùkùmiUgbódùulé昗Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìulé昗Ìfàkì Èkìtìulé昗Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ulé昗Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìulé昗Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ulé昗Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàulé昗Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóilé昗Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàilé昗Ìgbẹsàilé昗Ọ̀tàilé昗Agégeilé昗Ìlogbò Erémiilé昗Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròilé昗Igbógilailé昗Ìjàkáilé昗Ìlaròóilé昗Ìṣàwọ́njọilé昗ÌbàdànÌbàdànilé昗Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboilé昗ÌlọrinÌlọrinilé昗OǹkóÒtùn̄lé昗Ìwéré Ilén̄lé昗Òkèhòn̄lé昗Ìsẹ́yìnn̄lé昗Ṣakín̄lé昗Tedén̄lé昗Ìgbẹ́tìn̄lé昗Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ilé昗Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ilé昗Ìkirèilé昗Ìwóilé昗Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàilé昗Bɛ̀nɛ̀ilé昗Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóilé昗OwéKabbailé昗"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ulé昗Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeilé昗Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ilé昗Tchaourouilé昗ǸcàBaàtɛilé昗"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "n̄lé昗ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàilé昗Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ilé昗Ọ̀húnbẹ́ilé昗Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráilé昗Ìmẹ̀kọilé昗Kétuilé昗Ifɛ̀Akpáréilé昗Atakpamɛilé昗Bokoilé昗Moretanilé昗Tchettiilé昗KuraAledjo-Kourailé昗昗Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandikpásɛ̃昗Northern NagoKamboleilé昗Manigriilé昗Southern NagoÌsakétéilé昗昗Ìfànyìnilé昗昗Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanailé昗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",
"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昗Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeulé昗Àgọ́ Ìwòyèulé昗Ìjẹ̀bú Igbóulé昗Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ulé昗Ìkòròdúulé昗Ṣágámùulé昗Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaulí昗ÌlàjẹMahinulí昗OǹdóOǹdóulí昗Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ulí昗UsẹnUsẹnulí昗ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹulí昗"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "inọ́lí昗OlùkùmiUgbódùulé昗Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìulé昗Ìfàkì Èkìtìulé昗Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ulé昗Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìulé昗Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ulé昗Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàulé昗Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóilé昗Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàilé昗Ìgbẹsàilé昗Ọ̀tàilé昗Agégeilé昗Ìlogbò Erémiilé昗Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròilé昗Igbógilailé昗Ìjàkáilé昗Ìlaròóilé昗Ìṣàwọ́njọilé昗ÌbàdànÌbàdànilé昗Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboilé昗ÌlọrinÌlọrinilé昗OǹkóÒtùn̄lé昗Ìwéré Ilén̄lé昗Òkèhòn̄lé昗Ìsẹ́yìnn̄lé昗Ṣakín̄lé昗Tedén̄lé昗Ìgbẹ́tìn̄lé昗Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ilé昗Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ilé昗Ìkirèilé昗Ìwóilé昗Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàilé昗Bɛ̀nɛ̀ilé昗Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóilé昗OwéKabbailé昗"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ulé昗Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeilé昗Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ilé昗Tchaourouilé昗ǸcàBaàtɛilé昗"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "n̄lé昗ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàilé昗Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ilé昗Ọ̀húnbẹ́ilé昗Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráilé昗Ìmẹ̀kọilé昗Kétuilé昗Ifɛ̀Akpáréilé昗Atakpamɛilé昗Bokoilé昗Moretanilé昗Tchettiilé昗KuraAledjo-Kourailé昗昗Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandikpásɛ̃昗Northern NagoKamboleilé昗Manigriilé昗Southern NagoÌsakétéilé昗昗Ìfànyìnilé昗昗Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanailé昗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 (5.2kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: SEY",
"path": [
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "uli",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: SEY",
"path": [
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