See ogun on Wiktionary
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "yo:Family",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Gullah",
"lang_code": "gul",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogun"
},
{
"lang": "Lucumí",
"lang_code": "luq",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogún"
},
{
"lang": "Trinidadian Creole English",
"lang_code": "trf",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogun"
}
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "war"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ó-gwũ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwu"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ogun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ekun"
},
"expansion": "Nupe ekun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gby",
"2": "ekun"
},
"expansion": "Gbari ekun",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ. Cognates include Ifè ogu, Igala ógwu, and Olukumi ogun. Likely related to Nupe ekun and Gbari ekun.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ogun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 31 32 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 4 3 24 24",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "War",
"orig": "yo:War",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "one who stops a war from reaching the elderly",
"translation": "one who stops a war from reaching the elderly",
"word": "adágundúródàgbàlagbà"
},
{
"english": "deserter",
"translation": "deserter",
"word": "aságun"
},
{
"english": "army, armed forces",
"translation": "army, armed forces",
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun"
},
{
"topics": [
"navy",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun orí-omi"
},
{
"english": "air force",
"translation": "air force",
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun òfuurufú"
},
{
"english": "soldier",
"translation": "soldier",
"word": "jagun-jagun"
},
{
"english": "civil war",
"translation": "civil war",
"word": "ogun abẹ́lé"
},
{
"english": "fight-to-finish war or battle",
"translation": "fight-to-finish war or battle",
"word": "ogun-àjàkúakátá"
},
{
"english": "a particularly bad war",
"translation": "a particularly bad war",
"word": "ogunkógun"
},
{
"english": "warrior, soldier",
"translation": "warrior, soldier",
"word": "ológun"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"from ológun"
],
"tags": [
"derived",
"name"
],
"word": "Ológun"
},
{
"english": "commander, general",
"translation": "commander, general",
"word": "olórí ogun"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
6,
9
]
],
"english": "world war",
"text": "ogun àgbáyé",
"translation": "world war",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
5
]
],
"english": "A war has ravaged all of our cities.",
"text": "Ogun ti ja gbogbo ilú wa.",
"translation": "A war has ravaged all of our cities.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
68,
72
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
113,
119
]
],
"english": "Boasting at home has nothing to do with waging a war; bragging has nothing to do with fighting; it is the day of battle that we know the coward. (proverb against boasting or bragging)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ìlérí ilé kò mọ ti à ń jagun; kùfẹ̀kùfẹ̀ kò mọ ìjà; ijọ́ tí a bá rí ogun là á mọ ojo.",
"translation": "Boasting at home has nothing to do with waging a war; bragging has nothing to do with fighting; it is the day of battle that we know the coward. (proverb against boasting or bragging)",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
26
]
],
"english": "My friend was waging a war against me at work.",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ọ̀rẹ́ẹ̀ mí gbogun tì mí lẹ́nu iṣẹ́.",
"translation": "My friend was waging a war against me at work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"war, battle (physical or mental)"
],
"id": "en-ogun-yo-noun-J0DXkQhp",
"links": [
[
"war",
"war"
],
[
"battle",
"battle"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "yo:Family",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Avicennia"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ogun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 80 3 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 73 3 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 69 4 8 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba cardinal numbers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 55 23 3 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 31 32 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a black mangrove tree (Avicennia africana)"
],
"id": "en-ogun-yo-noun-y7yjh1vt",
"links": [
[
"black mangrove",
"black mangrove"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "yo:Family",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "all twenty",
"translation": "all twenty",
"word": "ogoogún"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred and forty",
"translation": "one hundred and forty",
"word": "ogóje"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "forty",
"translation": "forty",
"word": "ogójì"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "twenty by twenty",
"translation": "twenty by twenty",
"word": "ogún ogún"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "owner of twenty",
"translation": "owner of twenty",
"word": "ológún"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred and twenty",
"translation": "one hundred and twenty",
"word": "ọgọ́fà"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred and sixty",
"translation": "one hundred and sixty",
"word": "ọgọ́jọ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "eighty",
"translation": "eighty",
"word": "ọgọ́rin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred",
"translation": "one hundred",
"word": "ọgọ́rùn-ún"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred and eighty",
"translation": "one hundred and eighty",
"word": "ọgọ́sàn-án"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "sixty",
"translation": "sixty",
"word": "ọgọ́ta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one hundred and ninety; two hundred",
"roman": "only used to form àádọ́wàá",
"translation": "one hundred and ninety; two hundred",
"word": "ọgọ́wàá ()"
}
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "twenty"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "20"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "number box"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ōgwṵ́"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu",
"3": "ogú"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ọgụ"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ọgụ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwú"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri ogun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ọgbọ"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ọgbọ",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́. Cognates include Ifè ogú, Igbo ọgụ, Igala ógwú, Itsekiri ogun, and Olukumi ọgbọ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ogún",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "numeral",
"head": "ogún",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "numeral",
"2": "ogún"
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 31 32 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
6
]
],
"english": "twenty naira",
"text": "ogún náírà",
"translation": "twenty naira",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
30,
36
]
],
"english": "How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.",
"text": "Eélòó ni ìwé yìí? — Ogún dọ́là ni.",
"translation": "How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
25,
31
]
],
"english": "(If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba, number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 46, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ogún ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọọ koríko; ọgbọ̀n ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọ èrùwà; kàkà kì a bí ẹgbàá ọ̀bùn, bí a bí ọ̀kan ṣoṣo ọ̀gá, ó tó.",
"translation": "(If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"twenty"
],
"id": "en-ogun-yo-num-fCxN90D3",
"links": [
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okòó"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 31 32 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
39,
43
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
43,
52
]
],
"english": "Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.",
"text": "Ojú ewé kelòó l'a kà kẹ́hìn? — Ojú ewé ogún l'a kà.",
"translation": "Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"twenty",
"twentieth"
],
"id": "en-ogun-yo-num-kUs3eYNg",
"links": [
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
],
[
"twentieth",
"twentieth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"twenty",
"(after a noun) twentieth"
],
"raw_tags": [
"after a noun"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okòó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡṹ/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "yo:Family",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"etymology_number": "4",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "heritage"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu",
"3": "ogú"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwú"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ó-gwṹ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè ogú and Igala ógwú, from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ogún",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ogún",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogún",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogún"
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 21 65 3 11",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "yo:Law",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 31 32 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "heir",
"translation": "heir",
"word": "ajogún"
},
{
"english": "inheritor of salvation",
"translation": "inheritor of salvation",
"word": "ajogún-ìgbàlà"
},
{
"english": "bad inheritance",
"translation": "bad inheritance",
"word": "ogúnkógún"
},
{
"english": "co-wife",
"translation": "co-wife",
"word": "orogún"
},
{
"english": "legal will",
"translation": "legal will",
"word": "ìwé ìpíngún"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
11
]
],
"english": "inheritance tax",
"text": "owó-orí sísan lórí ogún",
"translation": "inheritance tax",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
42,
48
]
],
"english": "Anyone who builds his hope on some future legacy will become vulnerable to destitution. (proverb against irrational expectation)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Agbójúlógún faraa rẹ̀ fòṣì ta",
"translation": "Anyone who builds his hope on some future legacy will become vulnerable to destitution. (proverb against irrational expectation)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"heritage, inheritance, legacy"
],
"id": "en-ogun-yo-noun-vTB2M22N",
"links": [
[
"heritage",
"heritage"
],
[
"inheritance",
"inheritance"
],
[
"legacy",
"legacy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡṹ/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba cardinal numbers",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Law",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:War"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "one who stops a war from reaching the elderly",
"translation": "one who stops a war from reaching the elderly",
"word": "adágundúródàgbàlagbà"
},
{
"english": "deserter",
"translation": "deserter",
"word": "aságun"
},
{
"english": "army, armed forces",
"translation": "army, armed forces",
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun"
},
{
"topics": [
"navy",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun orí-omi"
},
{
"english": "air force",
"translation": "air force",
"word": "ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun òfuurufú"
},
{
"english": "soldier",
"translation": "soldier",
"word": "jagun-jagun"
},
{
"english": "civil war",
"translation": "civil war",
"word": "ogun abẹ́lé"
},
{
"english": "fight-to-finish war or battle",
"translation": "fight-to-finish war or battle",
"word": "ogun-àjàkúakátá"
},
{
"english": "a particularly bad war",
"translation": "a particularly bad war",
"word": "ogunkógun"
},
{
"english": "warrior, soldier",
"translation": "warrior, soldier",
"word": "ológun"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"from ológun"
],
"tags": [
"derived",
"name"
],
"word": "Ológun"
},
{
"english": "commander, general",
"translation": "commander, general",
"word": "olórí ogun"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Gullah",
"lang_code": "gul",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogun"
},
{
"lang": "Lucumí",
"lang_code": "luq",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogún"
},
{
"lang": "Trinidadian Creole English",
"lang_code": "trf",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ogun"
}
],
"etymology_number": "1",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "war"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ó-gwũ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwu"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ogun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "ekun"
},
"expansion": "Nupe ekun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gby",
"2": "ekun"
},
"expansion": "Gbari ekun",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ. Cognates include Ifè ogu, Igala ógwu, and Olukumi ogun. Likely related to Nupe ekun and Gbari ekun.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ogun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
6,
9
]
],
"english": "world war",
"text": "ogun àgbáyé",
"translation": "world war",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
5
]
],
"english": "A war has ravaged all of our cities.",
"text": "Ogun ti ja gbogbo ilú wa.",
"translation": "A war has ravaged all of our cities.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
68,
72
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
113,
119
]
],
"english": "Boasting at home has nothing to do with waging a war; bragging has nothing to do with fighting; it is the day of battle that we know the coward. (proverb against boasting or bragging)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ìlérí ilé kò mọ ti à ń jagun; kùfẹ̀kùfẹ̀ kò mọ ìjà; ijọ́ tí a bá rí ogun là á mọ ojo.",
"translation": "Boasting at home has nothing to do with waging a war; bragging has nothing to do with fighting; it is the day of battle that we know the coward. (proverb against boasting or bragging)",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
26
]
],
"english": "My friend was waging a war against me at work.",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ọ̀rẹ́ẹ̀ mí gbogun tì mí lẹ́nu iṣẹ́.",
"translation": "My friend was waging a war against me at work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"war, battle (physical or mental)"
],
"links": [
[
"war",
"war"
],
[
"battle",
"battle"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba cardinal numbers",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Law",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:War"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "Avicennia"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
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"2": "noun",
"head": "ogun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "ogun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"a black mangrove tree (Avicennia africana)"
],
"links": [
[
"black mangrove",
"black mangrove"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba cardinal numbers",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba numerals",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Law",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:War"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "all twenty",
"translation": "all twenty",
"word": "ogoogún"
},
{
"english": "one hundred and forty",
"translation": "one hundred and forty",
"word": "ogóje"
},
{
"english": "forty",
"translation": "forty",
"word": "ogójì"
},
{
"english": "twenty by twenty",
"translation": "twenty by twenty",
"word": "ogún ogún"
},
{
"english": "owner of twenty",
"translation": "owner of twenty",
"word": "ológún"
},
{
"english": "one hundred and twenty",
"translation": "one hundred and twenty",
"word": "ọgọ́fà"
},
{
"english": "one hundred and sixty",
"translation": "one hundred and sixty",
"word": "ọgọ́jọ"
},
{
"english": "eighty",
"translation": "eighty",
"word": "ọgọ́rin"
},
{
"english": "one hundred",
"translation": "one hundred",
"word": "ọgọ́rùn-ún"
},
{
"english": "one hundred and eighty",
"translation": "one hundred and eighty",
"word": "ọgọ́sàn-án"
},
{
"english": "sixty",
"translation": "sixty",
"word": "ọgọ́ta"
},
{
"english": "one hundred and ninety; two hundred",
"roman": "only used to form àádọ́wàá",
"translation": "one hundred and ninety; two hundred",
"word": "ọgọ́wàá ()"
}
],
"etymology_number": "3",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "twenty"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "20"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "number box"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ōgwṵ́"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu",
"3": "ogú"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "ọgụ"
},
"expansion": "Igbo ọgụ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwú"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "ogun"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri ogun",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "ọgbọ"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi ọgbọ",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́. Cognates include Ifè ogú, Igbo ọgụ, Igala ógwú, Itsekiri ogun, and Olukumi ọgbọ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ogún",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "numeral",
"head": "ogún",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "numeral",
"2": "ogún"
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with quotations",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
6
]
],
"english": "twenty naira",
"text": "ogún náírà",
"translation": "twenty naira",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
30,
36
]
],
"english": "How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.",
"text": "Eélòó ni ìwé yìí? — Ogún dọ́là ni.",
"translation": "How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
25,
31
]
],
"english": "(If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba, number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 46, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ogún ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọọ koríko; ọgbọ̀n ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọ èrùwà; kàkà kì a bí ẹgbàá ọ̀bùn, bí a bí ọ̀kan ṣoṣo ọ̀gá, ó tó.",
"translation": "(If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"twenty"
],
"links": [
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okòó"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with quotations",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
39,
43
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
43,
52
]
],
"english": "Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.",
"text": "Ojú ewé kelòó l'a kà kẹ́hìn? — Ojú ewé ogún l'a kà.",
"translation": "Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"twenty",
"twentieth"
],
"links": [
[
"twenty",
"twenty"
],
[
"twentieth",
"twentieth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"twenty",
"(after a noun) twentieth"
],
"raw_tags": [
"after a noun"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "okòó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡṹ/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba cardinal numbers",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Family",
"yo:Law",
"yo:Plants",
"yo:War"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "heir",
"translation": "heir",
"word": "ajogún"
},
{
"english": "inheritor of salvation",
"translation": "inheritor of salvation",
"word": "ajogún-ìgbàlà"
},
{
"english": "bad inheritance",
"translation": "bad inheritance",
"word": "ogúnkógún"
},
{
"english": "co-wife",
"translation": "co-wife",
"word": "orogún"
},
{
"english": "legal will",
"translation": "legal will",
"word": "ìwé ìpíngún"
}
],
"etymology_number": "4",
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "heritage"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "ogu",
"3": "ogú"
},
"expansion": "Ifè ogú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ógwú"
},
"expansion": "Igala ógwú",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ó-gwṹ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognates include Ifè ogú and Igala ógwú, from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ogún",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ogún",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ogún",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ogún"
},
"expansion": "ogún",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba terms with quotations",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
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{
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[
19,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
11
]
],
"english": "inheritance tax",
"text": "owó-orí sísan lórí ogún",
"translation": "inheritance tax",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
42,
48
]
],
"english": "Anyone who builds his hope on some future legacy will become vulnerable to destitution. (proverb against irrational expectation)",
"ref": "2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:",
"text": "Agbójúlógún faraa rẹ̀ fòṣì ta",
"translation": "Anyone who builds his hope on some future legacy will become vulnerable to destitution. (proverb against irrational expectation)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"heritage, inheritance, legacy"
],
"links": [
[
"heritage",
"heritage"
],
[
"inheritance",
"inheritance"
],
[
"legacy",
"legacy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ō.ɡṹ/"
}
],
"word": "ogun"
}
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