See wa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"2": "*bá"
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},
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{
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"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*ɓá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *ɓá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "fon",
"2": "wá"
},
"expansion": "Fon wá",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "guw",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "ajg",
"2": "vá"
},
"expansion": "Adja vá",
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},
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"name": "cog"
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"head": "wá",
"head2": ""
},
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"name": "head"
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{
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"1": "verb",
"2": "wá"
},
"expansion": "wá",
"name": "yo-pos"
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{
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"1": "wá"
},
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{
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"come"
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"id": "en-wa-yo-verb-nBljbd6i",
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},
{
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"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - wáview map"
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"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
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{
"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/"
}
],
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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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},
{
"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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"character"
],
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}
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{
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},
{
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"alternative"
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"head": "wà",
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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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"lang": "Yoruba",
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"to be (have a location in space)"
],
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[
"be",
"be"
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/wà/"
}
],
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}
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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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"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-edk-pro",
"3": "*wá"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*bá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *bá",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-gbe-pro",
"2": "*vá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *vá",
"name": "cog"
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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"
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{
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"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",
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}
],
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"canonical"
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{
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"name": "head"
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{
"args": {
"1": "verb",
"2": "wá"
},
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"name": "yo-pos"
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{
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"1": "wá"
},
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{
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"come"
],
"links": [
[
"come",
"come"
]
],
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{
"word": "bọ̀"
}
]
}
],
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{
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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": "áPOINTIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀áPOINT"
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{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gháPOINTÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàáPOINTNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàwáPOINTẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútawáPOINTẸ̀gbádòÌjàkáwáPOINTÈkóÈkówáPOINTÌbàdànÌbàdànwáPOINTÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràwáPOINTÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogbowáPOINTÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnwáPOINTÌlọrinÌlọrinwáPOINTOǹkóÒtùwáPOINTÌwéré IléwáPOINTÒkèhòwáPOINTÌsẹ́yìnwáPOINTṢakíwáPOINTTedéwáPOINTÌgbẹ́tìwáPOINTỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́wáPOINTStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàwáPOINTBɛ̀nɛ̀wáPOINTNortheast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dógháPOINTOwéKabbagháPOINTEde Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodewáPOINTCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́wáPOINTTchaourouwáPOINTǸcàBaàtɛwáPOINTÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàwáPOINTỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́wáPOINTOnigbolowáPOINTKétu/ÀnàgóKétuwáPOINTIfɛ̀AkpáréwáPOINTAtakpamɛwáPOINTBokowáPOINTMoretanwáPOINTTchettiwáPOINTKuraAledjo-KourawáPOINTPOINTAwotébiwáPOINTPOINTPartagowáPOINTPOINTMɔ̄kɔ́léKandinàáPOINTPOINTNorthern NagoKambolewáPOINTPOINTManigriwáPOINTPOINTOverseas YorubaLucumíHavanaguaPOINTNote: 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 72 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 72 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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