See ọfun on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"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": ""
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ọ̀fun"
},
"expansion": "ọ̀fun",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"source": "w"
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{
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"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"
},
{
"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㒅Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Ṣágámùọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Oǹdóọ̀fan㒅Oǹdóọ̀fan㒅Ìtsẹkírìọfun㒅Ìwẹrẹọfun㒅Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n㒅Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n㒅Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅Ifẹ̀gòlòfun㒅Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun㒅Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun㒅Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun㒅Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun㒅Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun㒅Èkóọ̀fun㒅Èkóọ̀fun㒅Ìbàdànọ̀fun㒅Ìbàdànọ̀fun㒅Ìbàràpáọ̀fun㒅Igbó Òràọ̀fun㒅Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun㒅Òṣogboọ̀fun㒅Ọ̀fàọ̀fun㒅Ìlọrinọ̀fun㒅Ìlọrinọ̀fun㒅OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn㒅Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn㒅Òkèhòọ̀fun㒅Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn㒅Ṣakíọ̀fọn㒅Tedéọ̀fun㒅Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn㒅Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ìkirèọ̀fun㒅Ìwóọ̀fun㒅Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun㒅Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun㒅Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn㒅Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn㒅Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃㒅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㒅Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Ṣágámùọ̀fọn㒅"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn㒅Oǹdóọ̀fan㒅Oǹdóọ̀fan㒅Ìtsẹkírìọfun㒅Ìwẹrẹọfun㒅Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n㒅Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n㒅Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn㒅"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun㒅Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn㒅Ifẹ̀gòlòfun㒅Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun㒅Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun㒅Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun㒅Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun㒅Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun㒅Èkóọ̀fun㒅Èkóọ̀fun㒅Ìbàdànọ̀fun㒅Ìbàdànọ̀fun㒅Ìbàràpáọ̀fun㒅Igbó Òràọ̀fun㒅Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun㒅Òṣogboọ̀fun㒅Ọ̀fàọ̀fun㒅Ìlọrinọ̀fun㒅Ìlọrinọ̀fun㒅OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn㒅Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn㒅Òkèhòọ̀fun㒅Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn㒅Ṣakíọ̀fọn㒅Tedéọ̀fun㒅Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn㒅Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun㒅Ìkirèọ̀fun㒅Ìwóọ̀fun㒅Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun㒅Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun㒅Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn㒅Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn㒅Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃㒅Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃㒅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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