"ọdunkun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /ɔ̀.dũ̀.kṹ/ Forms: ọ̀dùnkún [canonical], ọ̀dùnkú [alternative], ọ̀dọ̀kún [alternative]
Etymology: From Hausa kūdaku, cognate with Nupe dùkú, Igbo kukundùkú, Fula kudaku, and Kanuri kúnduwú, of the same etymological root as kúkúndùkú, Doublet of kúkúndùkú Etymology templates: {{der|yo|ha|kūdaku}} Hausa kūdaku, {{cog|nup|dùkú}} Nupe dùkú, {{cog|ig|kukundùkú}} Igbo kukundùkú, {{cog|ff|kudaku}} Fula kudaku, {{cog|kr|kúnduwú}} Kanuri kúnduwú, {{doublet|yo|kúkúndùkú}} Doublet of kúkúndùkú Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ọ̀dùnkún|head2=}} ọ̀dùnkún, {{yo-pos|noun|ọ̀dùnkún|}} ọ̀dùnkún, {{yo-noun|ọ̀dùnkún}} ọ̀dùnkún
  1. sweet potato, potato Synonyms: kúkúǹdùkú, ànàmọ́, òdùkú
    Sense id: en-ọdunkun-yo-noun-0VApBpiK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Plants, Root vegetables Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Plants: 69 31 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 55 45
  2. a species of rodent
    Sense id: en-ọdunkun-yo-noun-egq-PfCa Categories (other): Rodents, Root vegetables Disambiguation of Rodents: 44 56 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ọ̀dùnkún-odò (english: Ipomoea aquatica)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Ipomoea aquatica",
      "translation": "Ipomoea aquatica",
      "word": "ọ̀dùnkún-odò"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "kūdaku"
      },
      "expansion": "Hausa kūdaku",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "dùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe dùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "kukundùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo kukundùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ff",
        "2": "kudaku"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula kudaku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kr",
        "2": "kúnduwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Kanuri kúnduwú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kúkúndùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of kúkúndùkú",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hausa kūdaku, cognate with Nupe dùkú, Igbo kukundùkú, Fula kudaku, and Kanuri kúnduwú, of the same etymological root as kúkúndùkú, Doublet of kúkúndùkú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dùnkú",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dọ̀kún",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọ̀dùnkún",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọ̀dùnkún",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọ̀dùnkún"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "yo:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Root vegetables",
          "orig": "yo:Root vegetables",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet potato, potato"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọdunkun-yo-noun-0VApBpiK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet potato",
          "sweet potato"
        ],
        [
          "potato",
          "potato"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kúkúǹdùkú"
        },
        {
          "word": "ànàmọ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "òdùkú"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Rodents",
          "orig": "yo:Rodents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Root vegetables",
          "orig": "yo:Root vegetables",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              97
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My father does not arrive from the hunting forest in shame, my father will surely kill an odunkun rat home",
          "text": "Àbá mi è sọwọn tóko, àbá mi yóò pọ̀dùnkún bọ̀",
          "translation": "My father does not arrive from the hunting forest in shame, my father will surely kill an odunkun rat home",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a species of rodent"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọdunkun-yo-noun-egq-PfCa",
      "links": [
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "rodent",
          "rodent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.dũ̀.kṹ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọdunkun"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba doublets",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Hausa",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Plants",
    "yo:Rodents",
    "yo:Root vegetables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Ipomoea aquatica",
      "translation": "Ipomoea aquatica",
      "word": "ọ̀dùnkún-odò"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "kūdaku"
      },
      "expansion": "Hausa kūdaku",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "dùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe dùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "kukundùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo kukundùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ff",
        "2": "kudaku"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula kudaku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kr",
        "2": "kúnduwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Kanuri kúnduwú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kúkúndùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of kúkúndùkú",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hausa kūdaku, cognate with Nupe dùkú, Igbo kukundùkú, Fula kudaku, and Kanuri kúnduwú, of the same etymological root as kúkúndùkú, Doublet of kúkúndùkú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dùnkú",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ọ̀dọ̀kún",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọ̀dùnkún",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọ̀dùnkún",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọ̀dùnkún"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀dùnkún",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sweet potato, potato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet potato",
          "sweet potato"
        ],
        [
          "potato",
          "potato"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kúkúǹdùkú"
        },
        {
          "word": "ànàmọ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "òdùkú"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              97
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My father does not arrive from the hunting forest in shame, my father will surely kill an odunkun rat home",
          "text": "Àbá mi è sọwọn tóko, àbá mi yóò pọ̀dùnkún bọ̀",
          "translation": "My father does not arrive from the hunting forest in shame, my father will surely kill an odunkun rat home",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a species of rodent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "rodent",
          "rodent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.dũ̀.kṹ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọdunkun"
}

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