See obinrin on Wiktionary
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"word": "ọkùnrin"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "female slave",
"translation": "female slave",
"word": "ẹrúbìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "gynecology",
"translation": "gynecology",
"word": "ẹ̀kọ́ àìsàn-obìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "queen",
"translation": "queen",
"word": "ọbabìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "girl",
"translation": "girl",
"word": "ọmọbìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "adolescent girl",
"translation": "adolescent girl",
"word": "ọmọdébìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "headmistress",
"translation": "headmistress",
"word": "ọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lóbìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "gynecology",
"translation": "gynecology",
"word": "ìmọ̀ ìtọ́jú ẹ̀yà-ara-obìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "maid",
"translation": "maid",
"word": "ìránṣẹ́bìnrin"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "abo",
"3": "ẹni",
"t1": "female",
"t2": "person"
},
"expansion": "abo (“female”) + ẹni (“person”)",
"name": "com"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology is uncertain, several linguistic hypotheses exist. It is proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃, this form still exists in Central Yoruba dialects. Akinkugbe suggests it may be equivalent to abo (“female”) + ẹni (“person”). The consonant /b/ exists in several basic female words, including òbò (“vagina”), abo (“female”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
"head": "obìnrin",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "obìnrin",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obìnrin"
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "61 39",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
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"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
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"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
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},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"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": "70 30",
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"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
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"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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25,
32
]
],
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29,
34
]
],
"english": "If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape",
"text": "bí ọkùnrín bá rí ejò, tí obìnrin sì pa á, kò burú; kí ejò ṣáà má ti lọ",
"translation": "If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woman, female"
],
"id": "en-obinrin-yo-noun-PuuM7Va~",
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"female",
"female"
]
],
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{
"word": "abo"
}
]
},
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55,
62
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],
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115,
119
]
],
"english": "What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife",
"text": "èyí t'ó wù ẹ́ kò wù mí ni kò jẹ́ k'á pawó pọ̀ láti fẹ́ obìnrin",
"translation": "What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"wife"
],
"id": "en-obinrin-yo-noun-nVKjyOTW",
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aya"
},
{
"word": "ìyàwó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.bĩ̀.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: obìnrinview map"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìkòròdúobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ṣágámùobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìkálẹ̀obìnrẹn輭Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn輭Ìlàjẹobìrẹn輭Mahinobìrẹn輭Oǹdóobìẹn輭Oǹdóobìẹn輭Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn輭Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn輭Usẹnobìrẹn輭Usẹnobìrẹn輭Ìtsẹkírìonobìrẹn輭Ìwẹrẹonobìrẹn輭Olùkùmiobìnrẹn輭Ugbódùobìnrẹn輭Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Northwest YorubaÀwórìobìnrin輭Èbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin輭Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn輭Èkóobìnrin輭Èkóobìnrin輭Ìbàdànobìnrin輭Ìbàdànobìnrin輭Ìbàràpáobìnrin輭Igbó Òràobìnrin輭Ìbọ̀lọ́obìnrin輭Òṣogboobìnrin輭Ìlọrinobìnrin輭Ìlọrinobìnrin輭OǹkóÒtùobìnrin輭Ìwéré Iléobìnrin輭Òkèhòobìnrin輭Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin輭Ṣakíobìnrin輭Tedéobìnrin輭Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin輭Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin輭Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin輭Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin輭Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin輭Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéóbùnrin輭Kabbaóbùnrin輭Ede languages"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin輭Tchaourouobìin輭Ǹcàobìin輭Baàtɛobìin輭Ìdàácàolobìnrin輭BeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin輭Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́obirɛn輭Onigboloobìnrɛn輭Kétu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin輭Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ輭Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃輭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ輭Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃輭Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃輭Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃輭KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́輭Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃輭Mɔ̄kɔ́léinã́ábo輭Kandiinã́ábo輭Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃輭Manigriobùɛ輭Overseas YorubaLucumíobiní輭Havanaobiní輭Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "obinrin"
}
{
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "ọkùnrin"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "female slave",
"translation": "female slave",
"word": "ẹrúbìnrin"
},
{
"english": "gynecology",
"translation": "gynecology",
"word": "ẹ̀kọ́ àìsàn-obìnrin"
},
{
"english": "queen",
"translation": "queen",
"word": "ọbabìnrin"
},
{
"english": "girl",
"translation": "girl",
"word": "ọmọbìnrin"
},
{
"english": "adolescent girl",
"translation": "adolescent girl",
"word": "ọmọdébìnrin"
},
{
"english": "headmistress",
"translation": "headmistress",
"word": "ọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lóbìnrin"
},
{
"english": "gynecology",
"translation": "gynecology",
"word": "ìmọ̀ ìtọ́jú ẹ̀yà-ara-obìnrin"
},
{
"english": "maid",
"translation": "maid",
"word": "ìránṣẹ́bìnrin"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "abo",
"3": "ẹni",
"t1": "female",
"t2": "person"
},
"expansion": "abo (“female”) + ẹni (“person”)",
"name": "com"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "obìnrin",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "obìnrin",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obìnrin"
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
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25,
32
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],
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[
29,
34
]
],
"english": "If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape",
"text": "bí ọkùnrín bá rí ejò, tí obìnrin sì pa á, kò burú; kí ejò ṣáà má ti lọ",
"translation": "If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woman, female"
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"female",
"female"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "abo"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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55,
62
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],
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[
115,
119
]
],
"english": "What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife",
"text": "èyí t'ó wù ẹ́ kò wù mí ni kò jẹ́ k'á pawó pọ̀ láti fẹ́ obìnrin",
"translation": "What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"wife"
],
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aya"
},
{
"word": "ìyàwó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.bĩ̀.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: obìnrinview map"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn輭"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìkòròdúobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ṣágámùobìrẹn輭"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn輭Ìkálẹ̀obìnrẹn輭Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn輭Ìlàjẹobìrẹn輭Mahinobìrẹn輭Oǹdóobìẹn輭Oǹdóobìẹn輭Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn輭Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn輭Usẹnobìrẹn輭Usẹnobìrẹn輭Ìtsẹkírìonobìrẹn輭Ìwẹrẹonobìrẹn輭Olùkùmiobìnrẹn輭Ugbódùobìnrẹn輭Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn輭"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn輭Northwest YorubaÀwórìobìnrin輭Èbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin輭Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn輭Èkóobìnrin輭Èkóobìnrin輭Ìbàdànobìnrin輭Ìbàdànobìnrin輭Ìbàràpáobìnrin輭Igbó Òràobìnrin輭Ìbọ̀lọ́obìnrin輭Òṣogboobìnrin輭Ìlọrinobìnrin輭Ìlọrinobìnrin輭OǹkóÒtùobìnrin輭Ìwéré Iléobìnrin輭Òkèhòobìnrin輭Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin輭Ṣakíobìnrin輭Tedéobìnrin輭Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin輭Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin輭Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin輭Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin輭Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin輭Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéóbùnrin輭Kabbaóbùnrin輭Ede languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin輭Tchaourouobìin輭Ǹcàobìin輭Baàtɛobìin輭Ìdàácàolobìnrin輭BeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin輭Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́obirɛn輭Onigboloobìnrɛn輭Kétu"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin輭Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃輭"
},
{
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ輭Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃輭"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ輭Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃輭Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃輭Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃輭KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́輭Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃輭Mɔ̄kɔ́léinã́ábo輭Kandiinã́ábo輭Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃輭Manigriobùɛ輭Overseas YorubaLucumíobiní輭Havanaobiní輭Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "obinrin"
}
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