"eekanna" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /èé.kã́.nã́/ Forms: èékánná [canonical], èékán [alternative], èkíkánná [alternative], ìkíkánná [alternative], èékẹ́nná [alternative], ẹ̀kị́kọ́nnọ́ [alternative], èkọ́nnọ́ [alternative]
Etymology: Contraction of èkíkánná, cognate with Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan, Ifè èkíkã́, Itsekiri akikan, Ede Nago àíkã́nã́, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́, ultimately a Proto-Edekiri innovation, Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́ Etymology templates: {{contraction|yo|èkíkánná}} Contraction of èkíkánná, {{cog|ulb|ẹ̀kíkan}} Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan, {{cog|ife|èkíkã́}} Ifè èkíkã́, {{cog|its|akikan}} Itsekiri akikan, {{cog|nqg|àíkã́nã́}} Ede Nago àíkã́nã́, {{inh|yo|alv-yor-pro|*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́}} Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, {{inh|yo|alv-edk-pro|*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́}} Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́ Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=èékánná|head2=}} èékánná, {{yo-pos|noun|èékánná|}} èékánná, {{yo-noun|èékánná}} èékánná
  1. nail (may refer to nails of either the toe or finger), claw
    Sense id: en-eekanna-yo-noun--i6-cGwP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. A term used to identify a diverse variety of plants and trees with typically thorny features.
    Sense id: en-eekanna-yo-noun-Zz3lgGrv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: èékán-ajá (english: Lannea acida), èékán-ehoro (english: Allophylus africanus), èékánná ẹkùn (english: Argemone mexicana), èékánná igbó (english: Rothmannia longiflora), èékánná òbe (english: Erythrococca anomala), èékánná-adìẹ (english: pusley), èékánnámàgbò (english: Smilax anceps), èékánnásẹ̀ adìẹ (english: A name of several types of trees including the Strychnos spinosa and Ziziphus spina-christi,)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Lannea acida",
      "translation": "Lannea acida",
      "word": "èékán-ajá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Allophylus africanus",
      "translation": "Allophylus africanus",
      "word": "èékán-ehoro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Argemone mexicana",
      "translation": "Argemone mexicana",
      "word": "èékánná ẹkùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Rothmannia longiflora",
      "translation": "Rothmannia longiflora",
      "word": "èékánná igbó"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Erythrococca anomala",
      "translation": "Erythrococca anomala",
      "word": "èékánná òbe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pusley",
      "translation": "pusley",
      "word": "èékánná-adìẹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Smilax anceps",
      "translation": "Smilax anceps",
      "word": "èékánnámàgbò"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A name of several types of trees including the Strychnos spinosa and Ziziphus spina-christi,",
      "translation": "A name of several types of trees including the Strychnos spinosa and Ziziphus spina-christi,",
      "word": "èékánnásẹ̀ adìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "èkíkánná",
      "ekikanna#Yoruba"
    ],
    [
      "ẹ̀kíkan",
      "ẹkikan#Olukumi"
    ],
    [
      "èkíkã́",
      "ekikã#Ifè"
    ],
    [
      "akikan",
      "akikan#Itsekiri"
    ],
    [
      "àíkã́nã́",
      "àíkã́nã́#Ede_Nago"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "èkíkánná"
      },
      "expansion": "Contraction of èkíkánná",
      "name": "contraction"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "ẹ̀kíkan"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "èkíkã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè èkíkã́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "akikan"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri akikan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nqg",
        "2": "àíkã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Nago àíkã́nã́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yor-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-edk-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of èkíkánná, cognate with Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan, Ifè èkíkã́, Itsekiri akikan, Ede Nago àíkã́nã́, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́, ultimately a Proto-Edekiri innovation, Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "èékánná",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èékán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èkíkánná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ìkíkánná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èékẹ́nná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹ̀kị́kọ́nnọ́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èkọ́nnọ́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "èékánná",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "èékánná",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "èékánná"
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nail (may refer to nails of either the toe or finger), claw"
      ],
      "id": "en-eekanna-yo-noun--i6-cGwP",
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "claw",
          "claw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A term used to identify a diverse variety of plants and trees with typically thorny features."
      ],
      "id": "en-eekanna-yo-noun-Zz3lgGrv",
      "links": [
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "trees",
          "trees"
        ],
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/èé.kã́.nã́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eekanna"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba contractions",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Edekiri",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Lannea acida",
      "translation": "Lannea acida",
      "word": "èékán-ajá"
    },
    {
      "english": "Allophylus africanus",
      "translation": "Allophylus africanus",
      "word": "èékán-ehoro"
    },
    {
      "english": "Argemone mexicana",
      "translation": "Argemone mexicana",
      "word": "èékánná ẹkùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "Rothmannia longiflora",
      "translation": "Rothmannia longiflora",
      "word": "èékánná igbó"
    },
    {
      "english": "Erythrococca anomala",
      "translation": "Erythrococca anomala",
      "word": "èékánná òbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "pusley",
      "translation": "pusley",
      "word": "èékánná-adìẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "Smilax anceps",
      "translation": "Smilax anceps",
      "word": "èékánnámàgbò"
    },
    {
      "english": "A name of several types of trees including the Strychnos spinosa and Ziziphus spina-christi,",
      "translation": "A name of several types of trees including the Strychnos spinosa and Ziziphus spina-christi,",
      "word": "èékánnásẹ̀ adìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "èkíkánná",
      "ekikanna#Yoruba"
    ],
    [
      "ẹ̀kíkan",
      "ẹkikan#Olukumi"
    ],
    [
      "èkíkã́",
      "ekikã#Ifè"
    ],
    [
      "akikan",
      "akikan#Itsekiri"
    ],
    [
      "àíkã́nã́",
      "àíkã́nã́#Ede_Nago"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
    ],
    [
      "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Edekiri/ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "èkíkánná"
      },
      "expansion": "Contraction of èkíkánná",
      "name": "contraction"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "ẹ̀kíkan"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "èkíkã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè èkíkã́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "akikan"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri akikan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nqg",
        "2": "àíkã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Nago àíkã́nã́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yor-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-edk-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of èkíkánná, cognate with Olukumi ẹ̀kíkan, Ifè èkíkã́, Itsekiri akikan, Ede Nago àíkã́nã́, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́, ultimately a Proto-Edekiri innovation, Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́nã́, *ɛ̀-kɪ́kɪ̃ã́lã́",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "èékánná",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èékán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èkíkánná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ìkíkánná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èékẹ́nná",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹ̀kị́kọ́nnọ́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "èkọ́nnọ́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "èékánná",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "èékánná",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "èékánná"
      },
      "expansion": "èékánná",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nail (may refer to nails of either the toe or finger), claw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "claw",
          "claw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A term used to identify a diverse variety of plants and trees with typically thorny features."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "trees",
          "trees"
        ],
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/èé.kã́.nã́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eekanna"
}

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