See obinrin on Wiktionary
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"word": "ọkùnrin"
}
],
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"english": "female slave",
"translation": "female slave",
"word": "ẹrúbìnrin"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "gynecology",
"translation": "gynecology",
"word": "ẹ̀kọ́ àìsàn-obìnrin"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "queen",
"translation": "queen",
"word": "ọbabìnrin"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "girl",
"translation": "girl",
"word": "ọmọbìnrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "adolescent girl",
"translation": "adolescent girl",
"word": "ọmọdébìnrin"
},
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"_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"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "maid",
"translation": "maid",
"word": "ìránṣẹ́bìnrin"
}
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"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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"form": "obìnrin",
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}
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},
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"name": "head"
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{
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"2": "obìnrin",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
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},
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"categories": [
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"_dis": "61 39",
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},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
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},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
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],
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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"
}
],
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"woman, female"
],
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"links": [
[
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],
[
"female",
"female"
]
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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"
}
],
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"wife"
],
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[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
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"word": "aya"
},
{
"word": "ìyàwó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.bĩ̀.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: obìnrinview map"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeobìrẹn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìkòròdúobìrẹn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ṣágámùobìrẹn認"
},
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"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìkálẹ̀obìnrẹn認Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn認Ìlàjẹobìrẹn認Mahinobìrẹn認Oǹdóobìẹn認Oǹdóobìẹn認Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn認Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn認Usẹnobìrẹn認Usẹnobìrẹn認Ìtsẹkírìonobìrẹn認Ìwẹrẹonobìrẹn認Olùkùmiobìnrẹn認Ugbódùobìnrẹn認Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Northwest YorubaÀwórìobìnrin認Èbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin認Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn認Èkóobìnrin認Èkóobìnrin認Ìbàdànobìnrin認Ìbàdànobìnrin認Ìbàràpáobìnrin認Igbó Òràobìnrin認Ìbọ̀lọ́obìnrin認Òṣogboobìnrin認Ìlọrinobìnrin認Ìlọrinobìnrin認OǹkóÒtùobìnrin認Ìwéré Iléobìnrin認Òkèhòobìnrin認Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin認Ṣakíobìnrin認Tedéobìnrin認Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin認Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin認Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin認Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin認Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin認Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéóbùnrin認Kabbaóbùnrin認Ede languages"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin認Tchaourouobìin認Ǹcàobìin認Baàtɛobìin認Ìdàácàolobìnrin認BeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin認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認Onigboloobìnrɛn認Kétu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin認Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ認Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃認"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ認Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃認Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃認Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃認KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́認Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃認Mɔ̄kɔ́léinã́ábo認Kandiinã́ábo認Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃認Manigriobùɛ認Overseas YorubaLucumíobiní認Havanaobiní認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",
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"Yoruba compound terms",
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"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "ọkùnrin"
}
],
"derived": [
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"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"
}
],
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"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "abo",
"3": "ẹni",
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},
"expansion": "abo (“female”) + ẹni (“person”)",
"name": "com"
}
],
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{
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]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
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"3": ""
},
"expansion": "obìnrin",
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},
{
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},
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],
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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"
}
],
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"woman, female"
],
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"woman",
"woman"
],
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"female"
]
],
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}
]
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62
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115,
119
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],
"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"
]
],
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{
"word": "aya"
},
{
"word": "ìyàwó"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ō.bĩ̀.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
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{
"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: obìnrinview map"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeobìrẹn認"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn認Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn認"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìkòròdúobìrẹn認"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ṣágámùobìrẹn認"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn認Ìkálẹ̀obìnrẹn認Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn認Ìlàjẹobìrẹn認Mahinobìrẹn認Oǹdóobìẹn認Oǹdóobìẹn認Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn認Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn認Usẹnobìrẹn認Usẹnobìrẹn認Ìtsẹkírìonobìrẹn認Ìwẹrẹonobìrẹn認Olùkùmiobìnrẹn認Ugbódùobìnrẹn認Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn認"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn認Northwest YorubaÀwórìobìnrin認Èbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin認Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn認Èkóobìnrin認Èkóobìnrin認Ìbàdànobìnrin認Ìbàdànobìnrin認Ìbàràpáobìnrin認Igbó Òràobìnrin認Ìbọ̀lọ́obìnrin認Òṣogboobìnrin認Ìlọrinobìnrin認Ìlọrinobìnrin認OǹkóÒtùobìnrin認Ìwéré Iléobìnrin認Òkèhòobìnrin認Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin認Ṣakíobìnrin認Tedéobìnrin認Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin認Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin認Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin認Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin認Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin認Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéóbùnrin認Kabbaóbùnrin認Ede languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin認Tchaourouobìin認Ǹcàobìin認Baàtɛobìin認Ìdàácàolobìnrin認BeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin認Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́obirɛn認Onigboloobìnrɛn認Kétu"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin認Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃認"
},
{
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ認Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃認"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ認Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃認Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃認Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃認KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́認Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃認Mɔ̄kɔ́léinã́ábo認Kandiinã́ábo認Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃認Manigriobùɛ認Overseas YorubaLucumíobiní認Havanaobiní認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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