"wee" meaning in Yoruba

See wee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /wèé/ Forms: wèé [canonical]
Etymology: Clipping of ìwé. Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yo|ìwé}} Clipping of ìwé, {{cog|yo|èyí}} Yoruba èyí, {{cog|yo|ìyí}} Yoruba ìyí Head templates: {{head|yo|determiner|head=wèé|head2=}} wèé, {{yo-pos|determiner|wèé}} wèé
  1. (Ijebu) this Related terms: ọ̀wọ̀nwé (english: these), ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (english: those), wọ̀nwé (english: this), wọ̀nyẹ̀n (english: those), yẹ̀n (english: that), ìwé (english: this), ìyẹ̀n (english: that)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ìwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of ìwé",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "èyí"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba èyí",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ìyí"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba ìyí",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of ìwé. Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wèé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": "wèé",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wèé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "determiner",
        "2": "wèé"
      },
      "expansion": "wèé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "id": "en-wee-yo-det-HreWAkEe",
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) this"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "these",
          "translation": "these",
          "word": "ọ̀wọ̀nwé"
        },
        {
          "english": "those",
          "translation": "those",
          "word": "ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n"
        },
        {
          "english": "this",
          "translation": "this",
          "word": "wọ̀nwé"
        },
        {
          "english": "those",
          "translation": "those",
          "word": "wọ̀nyẹ̀n"
        },
        {
          "english": "that",
          "translation": "that",
          "word": "yẹ̀n"
        },
        {
          "english": "this",
          "translation": "this",
          "word": "ìwé"
        },
        {
          "english": "that",
          "translation": "that",
          "word": "ìyẹ̀n"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wèé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wee"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ìwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of ìwé",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "èyí"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba èyí",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ìyí"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba ìyí",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of ìwé. Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wèé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": "wèé",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wèé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "determiner",
        "2": "wèé"
      },
      "expansion": "wèé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "det",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "these",
      "translation": "these",
      "word": "ọ̀wọ̀nwé"
    },
    {
      "english": "those",
      "translation": "those",
      "word": "ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n"
    },
    {
      "english": "this",
      "translation": "this",
      "word": "wọ̀nwé"
    },
    {
      "english": "those",
      "translation": "those",
      "word": "wọ̀nyẹ̀n"
    },
    {
      "english": "that",
      "translation": "that",
      "word": "yẹ̀n"
    },
    {
      "english": "this",
      "translation": "this",
      "word": "ìwé"
    },
    {
      "english": "that",
      "translation": "that",
      "word": "ìyẹ̀n"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ijẹbu Yoruba",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba clippings",
        "Yoruba determiners",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ijebu) this"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wèé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wee"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wee meaning in Yoruba (1.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
    "wee"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "determiner",
  "title": "wee",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ijebu",
  "path": [
    "wee"
  ],
  "section": "Yoruba",
  "subsection": "determiner",
  "title": "wee",
  "trace": ""
}

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