See ọfun on Wiktionary
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"1": "igl",
"2": "ọ̀fa"
},
"expansion": "Igala ọ̀fa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ọ̀fa",
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"form": "ọ̀fun",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ọ̀fun",
"head2": ""
},
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"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ọ̀fun",
"3": ""
},
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},
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"args": {
"1": "ọ̀fun"
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "yo:Anatomy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Body parts",
"orig": "yo:Body parts",
"parents": [
"Anatomy"
],
"source": "w"
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],
"derived": [
{
"english": "whooping cough",
"translation": "whooping cough",
"word": "gbọ̀fungbọ̀fun"
},
{
"english": "sore throat",
"translation": "sore throat",
"word": "ọ̀fun dídùn"
},
{
"english": "throat",
"translation": "throat",
"word": "ọ̀nà ọ̀fun"
},
{
"english": "thyroid gland",
"translation": "thyroid gland",
"word": "èkùrọ́ ọ̀fun"
}
],
"glosses": [
"throat"
],
"id": "en-ọfun-yo-noun-SM8T9IGu",
"links": [
[
"throat",
"throat"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ọ̀nà ọ̀fun"
},
{
"english": "throat",
"translation": "throat",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: ọ̀funview map"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ṣágámùọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Oǹdóọ̀fan埨Oǹdóọ̀fan埨Ìtsẹkírìọfun埨Ìwẹrẹọfun埨Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n埨Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n埨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun埨Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun埨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun埨Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨Ifẹ̀gòlòfun埨Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun埨Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun埨Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun埨Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun埨Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun埨Èkóọ̀fun埨Èkóọ̀fun埨Ìbàdànọ̀fun埨Ìbàdànọ̀fun埨Ìbàràpáọ̀fun埨Igbó Òràọ̀fun埨Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun埨Òṣogboọ̀fun埨Ọ̀fàọ̀fun埨Ìlọrinọ̀fun埨Ìlọrinọ̀fun埨OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn埨Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn埨Òkèhòọ̀fun埨Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn埨Ṣakíọ̀fọn埨Tedéọ̀fun埨Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn埨Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun埨Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun埨Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun埨Ìkirèọ̀fun埨Ìwóọ̀fun埨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun埨Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun埨Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn埨Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn埨Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃埨Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃埨Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃埨Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃埨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"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̀.fũ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ọfun"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "whooping cough",
"translation": "whooping cough",
"word": "gbọ̀fungbọ̀fun"
},
{
"english": "sore throat",
"translation": "sore throat",
"word": "ọ̀fun dídùn"
},
{
"english": "throat",
"translation": "throat",
"word": "ọ̀nà ọ̀fun"
},
{
"english": "thyroid gland",
"translation": "thyroid gland",
"word": "èkùrọ́ ọ̀fun"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ọ̀fa"
},
"expansion": "Igala ọ̀fa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ọ̀fa",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ọ̀fun",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ọ̀fun",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ọ̀fun",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ọ̀fun"
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Anatomy",
"yo:Body parts"
],
"glosses": [
"throat"
],
"links": [
[
"throat",
"throat"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ọ̀nà ọ̀fun"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̀.fũ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "throat",
"translation": "throat",
"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: ọ̀funview map"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Ṣágámùọ̀fọn埨"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn埨Oǹdóọ̀fan埨Oǹdóọ̀fan埨Ìtsẹkírìọfun埨Ìwẹrẹọfun埨Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n埨Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n埨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun埨Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun埨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn埨"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun埨Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn埨Ifẹ̀gòlòfun埨Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun埨Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun埨Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun埨Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun埨Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun埨Èkóọ̀fun埨Èkóọ̀fun埨Ìbàdànọ̀fun埨Ìbàdànọ̀fun埨Ìbàràpáọ̀fun埨Igbó Òràọ̀fun埨Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun埨Òṣogboọ̀fun埨Ọ̀fàọ̀fun埨Ìlọrinọ̀fun埨Ìlọrinọ̀fun埨OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn埨Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn埨Òkèhòọ̀fun埨Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn埨Ṣakíọ̀fọn埨Tedéọ̀fun埨Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn埨Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun埨Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun埨Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun埨Ìkirèọ̀fun埨Ìwóọ̀fun埨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun埨Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun埨Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn埨Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn埨Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃埨Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃埨Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃埨Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃埨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": "ọfun"
}
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