"ṣoṣo" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ʃō.ʃō/
Etymology: Compare Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ & Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀. Etymology templates: {{cog|ig|sọ̀ọsọ̀}} Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀, {{cog|ogc|sọọsọ|sọ̀ọsọ̀}} Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀ Head templates: {{head|yo|ideophone|head=ṣoṣo|head2=}} ṣoṣo, {{yo-pos|ideophone|ṣoṣo}} ṣoṣo
  1. only Derived forms: amèdèkanṣoṣo (english: monoglot), ohun-àṣejáde àmúlò-kan-ṣoṣo (english: single-use goods), ṣoṣooṣo (english: absolutely only), àṣà ìfẹ́yàwókanṣoṣo (english: monogamy)
    Sense id: en-ṣoṣo-yo-noun--QWxlULt Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba ideophones
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        "1": "ig",
        "2": "sọ̀ọsọ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ogc",
        "2": "sọọsọ",
        "3": "sọ̀ọsọ̀"
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      "expansion": "Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ & Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ideophone",
        "head": "ṣoṣo",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ṣoṣo",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ideophone",
        "2": "ṣoṣo"
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      "expansion": "ṣoṣo",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "monoglot",
          "word": "amèdèkanṣoṣo"
        },
        {
          "english": "single-use goods",
          "word": "ohun-àṣejáde àmúlò-kan-ṣoṣo"
        },
        {
          "english": "absolutely only",
          "word": "ṣoṣooṣo"
        },
        {
          "english": "monogamy",
          "word": "àṣà ìfẹ́yàwókanṣoṣo"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is only one wooden staff that drives two hundred cows; it is only one rock misile that disperses two hundred birds (incantation).",
          "ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., “ṣoṣo”, in Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ọ̀pá kan ṣoṣo níí lé igbaa mààkúù; òkò kan ṣoṣo níí tú igba ẹyẹ.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "english": "It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)",
          "ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.",
          "type": "quote"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃō.ʃō/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ṣoṣo"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "monoglot",
      "word": "amèdèkanṣoṣo"
    },
    {
      "english": "single-use goods",
      "word": "ohun-àṣejáde àmúlò-kan-ṣoṣo"
    },
    {
      "english": "absolutely only",
      "word": "ṣoṣooṣo"
    },
    {
      "english": "monogamy",
      "word": "àṣà ìfẹ́yàwókanṣoṣo"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "sọ̀ọsọ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ogc",
        "2": "sọọsọ",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ & Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ideophone",
        "head": "ṣoṣo",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ṣoṣo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ideophone",
        "2": "ṣoṣo"
      },
      "expansion": "ṣoṣo",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba ideophones",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yoruba terms with quotations",
        "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is only one wooden staff that drives two hundred cows; it is only one rock misile that disperses two hundred birds (incantation).",
          "ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., “ṣoṣo”, in Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ọ̀pá kan ṣoṣo níí lé igbaa mààkúù; òkò kan ṣoṣo níí tú igba ẹyẹ.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)",
          "ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃō.ʃō/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ṣoṣo"
}

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