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"(Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones"
]
}
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"ipa": "/jé.jē/"
}
],
"word": "yeye"
}
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
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"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
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"Ijẹbu Yoruba",
"Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"Ilajẹ Yoruba",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
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"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"Yoruba adverbs",
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"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Edekiri",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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{
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{
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],
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"very much"
]
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/jé.jē/"
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"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",
"Ekiti Yoruba",
"Ijẹbu Yoruba",
"Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"Ilajẹ Yoruba",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Ondo Yoruba",
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"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "toye"
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"tags": [
"canonical"
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"form": "yíye",
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"2": "determiner",
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"glosses": [
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]
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{
"ipa": "/jé.jē/"
}
],
"word": "yeye"
}
Download raw JSONL data for yeye meaning in Yoruba (10.7kB)
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