"elémá" meaning in Lingala

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Noun

Forms: bilémá
  1. Fou.
    Sense id: fr-elémá-ln-noun-WT24ArW9
  2. Imbécile, sot
    Sense id: fr-elémá-ln-noun-LlUVzVFh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (fou): libómá, ligbómá Synonyms (imbécile): zóba Related terms: bolémá
Categories (other): Noms communs en lingala, Lingala

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en lingala",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lingala",
      "orig": "lingala",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du verbe -léma, « être fou, être insensé »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bilémá",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classe",
        "8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "stupidité",
      "word": "bolémá"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fou."
      ],
      "id": "fr-elémá-ln-noun-WT24ArW9"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Masapo ma bankoko (Histoire des ancêtres), 1954",
          "text": "Nkúmba yeyé ’te yɔ̌ motu óyo nkɔ́i ozalí elémá sɔ̂lɔ́, omɔ́ní nkúmba azalí na makolo malámu mpɔ̂ ya kobikisa bato."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Masapo ma bankoko (Histoire des ancêtres), 1954",
          "text": "Bakokí koíngisa likata o líbenga za elémá sé mbala yɔ̌kɔ́ mpámba. Moto akokósa yɔ̌ mbala mɔ̌kɔ́ kasi, akokí kokósa yɔ̌ mbala míbalé tɛ̂. Bolémá libosó mayɛ́lɛ na nsima."
        },
        {
          "text": "Elémá alobí na motéma na yě éte « Nzámbe azalí tɛ́ ». (Nzémbo 14:1).\nL’insensé a dit en son cœur : Il n'y a point de Dieu. (Psaume 14:1)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imbécile, sot"
      ],
      "id": "fr-elémá-ln-noun-LlUVzVFh"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fou",
      "word": "libómá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fou",
      "word": "ligbómá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "imbécile",
      "word": "zóba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elémá"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Noms communs en lingala",
    "lingala"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du verbe -léma, « être fou, être insensé »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bilémá",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classe",
        "8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "stupidité",
      "word": "bolémá"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fou."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Masapo ma bankoko (Histoire des ancêtres), 1954",
          "text": "Nkúmba yeyé ’te yɔ̌ motu óyo nkɔ́i ozalí elémá sɔ̂lɔ́, omɔ́ní nkúmba azalí na makolo malámu mpɔ̂ ya kobikisa bato."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Masapo ma bankoko (Histoire des ancêtres), 1954",
          "text": "Bakokí koíngisa likata o líbenga za elémá sé mbala yɔ̌kɔ́ mpámba. Moto akokósa yɔ̌ mbala mɔ̌kɔ́ kasi, akokí kokósa yɔ̌ mbala míbalé tɛ̂. Bolémá libosó mayɛ́lɛ na nsima."
        },
        {
          "text": "Elémá alobí na motéma na yě éte « Nzámbe azalí tɛ́ ». (Nzémbo 14:1).\nL’insensé a dit en son cœur : Il n'y a point de Dieu. (Psaume 14:1)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imbécile, sot"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fou",
      "word": "libómá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fou",
      "word": "ligbómá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "imbécile",
      "word": "zóba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elémá"
}

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