See wa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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}
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"_dis": "68 8 7 11 7",
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}
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}
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],
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},
{
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},
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"2": "alv-edk-pro",
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},
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{
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *wá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*ɓá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *ɓá",
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},
{
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"1": "fon",
"2": "wá"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "wá"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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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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},
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},
{
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"1": "wá"
},
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{
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{
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"parents": [],
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{
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},
{
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"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: wáview map"
},
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},
{
"roman": "Ulé Ufẹ̀",
"word": "áFORTITUDEIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀áFORTITUDE"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gháFORTITUDEÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàáFORTITUDENorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàwáFORTITUDEẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútawáFORTITUDEẸ̀gbádòÌjàkáwáFORTITUDEÈkóÈkówáFORTITUDEÌbàdànÌbàdànwáFORTITUDEÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràwáFORTITUDEÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogbowáFORTITUDEÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnwáFORTITUDEÌlọrinÌlọrinwáFORTITUDEOǹkóÒtùwáFORTITUDEÌwéré IléwáFORTITUDEÒkèhòwáFORTITUDEÌsẹ́yìnwáFORTITUDEṢakíwáFORTITUDETedéwáFORTITUDEÌgbẹ́tìwáFORTITUDEỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́wáFORTITUDEStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàwáFORTITUDEBɛ̀nɛ̀wáFORTITUDENortheast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dógháFORTITUDEOwéKabbagháFORTITUDEEde languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodewáFORTITUDECábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́wáFORTITUDETchaourouwáFORTITUDEǸcàBaàtɛwáFORTITUDEÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàwáFORTITUDEỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́wáFORTITUDEOnigbolowáFORTITUDEKétu/ÀnàgóKétuwáFORTITUDEIfɛ̀AkpáréwáFORTITUDEAtakpamɛwáFORTITUDEBokowáFORTITUDEMoretanwáFORTITUDETchettiwáFORTITUDEKuraAledjo-KourawáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEAwotébiwáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEPartagowáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEMɔ̄kɔ́léKandinàáFORTITUDENorthern NagoKambolewáFORTITUDEManigriwáFORTITUDEOverseas YorubaLucumíHavanaguaFORTITUDENote: 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"
}
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/wá/"
}
],
"word": "wa"
}
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},
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}
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"1": "verb",
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},
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}
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"to look for"
],
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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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"head": "wa",
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}
],
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"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"word": "mi"
},
{
"roman": "r",
"word": "ẹ"
},
{
"word": "yín"
},
{
"roman": "r",
"word": "ẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "wọn"
}
],
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{
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],
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},
{
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},
{
"tags": [
"character"
],
"word": "ìwà"
}
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},
{
"form": "وَ",
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}
],
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"head": "wà",
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"name": "head"
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{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "wà"
},
"expansion": "wà",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "wà"
},
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}
],
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],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/wà/"
}
],
"word": "wa"
}
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
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"2": "alv-edk-pro",
"3": "*wá"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*bá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *bá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*vá"
},
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},
{
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"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*wá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *wá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*ɓá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *ɓá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "wá"
},
"expansion": "Fon wá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "wá"
},
"expansion": "Gun wá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ajg",
"2": "vá"
},
"expansion": "Adja vá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sxw",
"2": "va"
},
"expansion": "Saxwe Gbe va",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "va"
},
"expansion": "Ewe va",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "bra"
},
"expansion": "Akan bra",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "ba"
},
"expansion": "Akan ba",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nko",
"2": "ba"
},
"expansion": "Nkonya ba",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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},
{
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}
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "wá"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
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{
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],
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[
"come",
"come"
]
],
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{
"word": "bọ̀"
}
]
}
],
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{
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}
],
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{
"english": "to come",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: wáview map"
},
{
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},
{
"roman": "Ulé Ufẹ̀",
"word": "áFORTITUDEIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀áFORTITUDE"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gháFORTITUDEÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàáFORTITUDENorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàwáFORTITUDEẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútawáFORTITUDEẸ̀gbádòÌjàkáwáFORTITUDEÈkóÈkówáFORTITUDEÌbàdànÌbàdànwáFORTITUDEÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràwáFORTITUDEÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogbowáFORTITUDEÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnwáFORTITUDEÌlọrinÌlọrinwáFORTITUDEOǹkóÒtùwáFORTITUDEÌwéré IléwáFORTITUDEÒkèhòwáFORTITUDEÌsẹ́yìnwáFORTITUDEṢakíwáFORTITUDETedéwáFORTITUDEÌgbẹ́tìwáFORTITUDEỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́wáFORTITUDEStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàwáFORTITUDEBɛ̀nɛ̀wáFORTITUDENortheast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dógháFORTITUDEOwéKabbagháFORTITUDEEde languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodewáFORTITUDECábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́wáFORTITUDETchaourouwáFORTITUDEǸcàBaàtɛwáFORTITUDEÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàwáFORTITUDEỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́wáFORTITUDEOnigbolowáFORTITUDEKétu/ÀnàgóKétuwáFORTITUDEIfɛ̀AkpáréwáFORTITUDEAtakpamɛwáFORTITUDEBokowáFORTITUDEMoretanwáFORTITUDETchettiwáFORTITUDEKuraAledjo-KourawáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEAwotébiwáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEPartagowáFORTITUDEFORTITUDEMɔ̄kɔ́léKandinàáFORTITUDENorthern NagoKambolewáFORTITUDEManigriwáFORTITUDEOverseas YorubaLucumíHavanaguaFORTITUDENote: 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": "wa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 74 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "look for a fight",
"word": "wájà"
}
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"forms": [
{
"form": "wá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "وَ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "wá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "wá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "wá"
},
"expansion": "wá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wá"
},
"expansion": "wá",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to look for"
],
"links": [
[
"look",
"look"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wá/"
}
],
"word": "wa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 74 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to drive a car",
"word": "wakọ̀"
}
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"forms": [
{
"form": "wà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "وَ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "verb",
"head": "wà",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "wà",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "wà"
},
"expansion": "wà",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wà"
},
"expansion": "wà",
"name": "yo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to drive"
],
"links": [
[
"drive",
"drive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wà/"
}
],
"word": "wa"
}
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