já
verb
/d͡ʒá/
Definitions
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to pluck off (usually referring to fruit or leaves)
Similar wordswọ́verb 3 entries are spelled “wọ́”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. wọ́ to pluck fruit or leaves (from a tree) wọ́ to be full; to be packed wọ́ to dragUsed injáwéjáwójérèé
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 9 entries spelled “já”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
já
to snap, to break off, to break loose
já
to occur, to take place, to begin suddenly (to break out)
já
to ring out like a bell
já
to fall off (from some height)
já
to shine brightly
já
to become aware, to come to full realization
já
to become punctured
já
to become saturated or oversaturated with something; to become too much of something
Etymology
Likely cognate with Igala já (“to harvest”)
Possibly used in
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Wiktionary points at “ìjá”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ìjà”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ìjá” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìjà
the act of fighting
ìjà
whirlwind
ijà
fat
ìjábẹ̀nounìjálánounìjánunounjádeverbjápaverbkọjáverb
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
to pluck leaves from a plant
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 10,
where this word is spelled “ja”.
Reference:
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