See obinrin on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"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"
},
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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"
},
{
"_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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"form": "obìnrin",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "noun",
"2": "obìnrin",
"3": ""
},
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"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obìnrin"
},
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"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
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"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
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"name": "Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"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",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
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25,
32
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
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"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "abo"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
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55,
62
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
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": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: obìnrinview map"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ìkòròdúobìrẹn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ṣágámùobìrẹn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn漉ÌlàjẹMahinobìrẹn漉OǹdóOǹdóobìẹn漉Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn漉UsẹnUsẹnobìrẹn漉ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹonobìrẹn漉OlùkùmiUgbódùobìnrẹn漉Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin漉Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn漉ÈkóÈkóobìnrin漉ÌbàdànÌbàdànobìnrin漉ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràobìnrin漉Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboobìnrin漉ÌlọrinÌlọrinobìnrin漉OǹkóÒtùobìnrin漉Ìwéré Iléobìnrin漉Òkèhòobìnrin漉Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin漉Ṣakíobìnrin漉Tedéobìnrin漉Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin漉Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin漉Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin漉Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin漉Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbaóbùnrin漉Ede languages"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin漉Tchaourouobìin漉ǸcàBaàtɛobìin漉ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin漉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漉Onigboloobìnrɛn漉Kétu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin漉Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ漉Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃漉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ漉Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃漉Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃漉Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃漉KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́漉Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃漉Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiinã́ábo漉Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃漉Manigriobùɛ漉Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaobiní漉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"
}
{
"categories": [
"Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"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"
}
],
"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”).",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"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": [
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
25,
32
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
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"
}
]
},
{
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"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漉Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́obìrẹn漉"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ìkòròdúobìrẹn漉"
},
{
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ṣágámùobìrẹn漉"
},
{
"roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
"word": "obìnrẹn漉Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaobìnrẹn漉ÌlàjẹMahinobìrẹn漉OǹdóOǹdóobìẹn漉Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀obìnrẹn漉UsẹnUsẹnobìrẹn漉ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹonobìrẹn漉OlùkùmiUgbódùobìnrẹn漉Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọbị̀nrịn漉"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ọbụ̀rịn漉Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàobìnrin漉Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáobìnrẹn漉ÈkóÈkóobìnrin漉ÌbàdànÌbàdànobìnrin漉ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràobìnrin漉Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboobìnrin漉ÌlọrinÌlọrinobìnrin漉OǹkóÒtùobìnrin漉Ìwéré Iléobìnrin漉Òkèhòobìnrin漉Ìsẹ́yìnobìnrin漉Ṣakíobìnrin漉Tedéobìnrin漉Ìgbẹ́tìobìnrin漉Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́obìnrin漉Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàobìnrin漉Bɛ̀nɛ̀obìnrin漉Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbaóbùnrin漉Ede languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́obìin漉Tchaourouobìin漉ǸcàBaàtɛobìin漉ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàolobìnrin漉Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́obirɛn漉Onigboloobìnrɛn漉Kétu"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuobìnrin漉Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃漉"
},
{
"word": "ɔbĩrĩ漉Atakpamɛonɛbùɛ̃漉"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlɔbìrĩ漉Bokoonɛ̃bìrɛ̃漉Moretanonõbɛ̃rɛ̃漉Tchettiɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃漉KuraAwotébiɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́漉Partagoɔnɔbrɛ̃漉Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiinã́ábo漉Northern NagoKamboleɔɡuɛ̃漉Manigriobùɛ漉Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaobiní漉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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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.