"-ọla" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Yoruba]

IPA: /ɔ̄.lá/ Forms: -ọlá [canonical]
Etymology: From ọlá (“honor”) Head templates: {{head|yo|suffix|head=-ọlá|head2=}} -ọlá, {{yo-pos|suffix|-ọlá}} -ọlá
  1. Forming affectionate or honorific forms of names. Tags: morpheme
{
  "etymology_text": "From ọlá (“honor”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ọlá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "-ọlá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ọlá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "-ọlá"
      },
      "expansion": "-ọlá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bọ́sẹ̀ → Bọ́sẹ̀-ọlá\nIbọ́sẹ̀-ọlá, aio rẹ mọ̀ yá ọ ooo. Ibàbá rẹ rọgba okùn, í kúwọ mú yẹra\nBọ́sẹ̀-ọlá your voices strengthens you. Your father bought 200 royal beads, so you can use it to adorne your body. (song during the Aérégbé festival praising a girl performing the ègè ritual)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Adébólú → Adébólú-ọlá"
        },
        {
          "text": "Àníkẹ́ → Àníkẹ́-ọlá"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Àníkẹ́-ọlá, slender, the one with the neck adorned with royal beads. Look at how they surround her neck, she used this and her gap tooth to create her beauty on her body.",
          "text": "'Níkẹ́-ọlá ooo, règé ooo, ọlọ́rùn okùn. Ìn ò bó ṣe yí pọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n, ó ṣèyí ṣèjí ṣara",
          "translation": "Àníkẹ́-ọlá, slender, the one with the neck adorned with royal beads. Look at how they surround her neck, she used this and her gap tooth to create her beauty on her body.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Ìbídùn → Ìbídùn-ọlá"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming affectionate or honorific forms of names."
      ],
      "id": "en--ọla-yo-suffix-yo:diminutive",
      "links": [
        [
          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ],
        [
          "honorific",
          "honorific#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "yo:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.lá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ọla"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From ọlá (“honor”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ọlá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "-ọlá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ọlá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "-ọlá"
      },
      "expansion": "-ọlá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Yoruba links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Yoruba suffixes",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bọ́sẹ̀ → Bọ́sẹ̀-ọlá\nIbọ́sẹ̀-ọlá, aio rẹ mọ̀ yá ọ ooo. Ibàbá rẹ rọgba okùn, í kúwọ mú yẹra\nBọ́sẹ̀-ọlá your voices strengthens you. Your father bought 200 royal beads, so you can use it to adorne your body. (song during the Aérégbé festival praising a girl performing the ègè ritual)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Adébólú → Adébólú-ọlá"
        },
        {
          "text": "Àníkẹ́ → Àníkẹ́-ọlá"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Àníkẹ́-ọlá, slender, the one with the neck adorned with royal beads. Look at how they surround her neck, she used this and her gap tooth to create her beauty on her body.",
          "text": "'Níkẹ́-ọlá ooo, règé ooo, ọlọ́rùn okùn. Ìn ò bó ṣe yí pọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n, ó ṣèyí ṣèjí ṣara",
          "translation": "Àníkẹ́-ọlá, slender, the one with the neck adorned with royal beads. Look at how they surround her neck, she used this and her gap tooth to create her beauty on her body.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Ìbídùn → Ìbídùn-ọlá"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming affectionate or honorific forms of names."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ],
        [
          "honorific",
          "honorific#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "yo:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.lá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ọla"
}

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