See ọfun on Wiktionary
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "ọ̀fa"
},
"expansion": "Igala ọ̀fa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Igala ọ̀fa",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ọ̀fun",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"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": [
{
"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"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"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楹Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Ṣágámùọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Oǹdóọ̀fan楹Oǹdóọ̀fan楹Ìtsẹkírìọfun楹Ìwẹrẹọfun楹Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n楹Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n楹Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun楹Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun楹Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun楹Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹Ifẹ̀gòlòfun楹Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun楹Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun楹Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun楹Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun楹Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun楹Èkóọ̀fun楹Èkóọ̀fun楹Ìbàdànọ̀fun楹Ìbàdànọ̀fun楹Ìbàràpáọ̀fun楹Igbó Òràọ̀fun楹Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun楹Òṣogboọ̀fun楹Ọ̀fàọ̀fun楹Ìlọrinọ̀fun楹Ìlọrinọ̀fun楹OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn楹Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn楹Òkèhòọ̀fun楹Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn楹Ṣakíọ̀fọn楹Tedéọ̀fun楹Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn楹Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun楹Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun楹Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun楹Ìkirèọ̀fun楹Ìwóọ̀fun楹Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun楹Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun楹Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn楹Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn楹Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃楹Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃楹Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃楹Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃楹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楹Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Ìkòròdúọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Ṣágámùọ̀fọn楹"
},
{
"word": "ọ̀nọ̀fọn楹Oǹdóọ̀fan楹Oǹdóọ̀fan楹Ìtsẹkírìọfun楹Ìwẹrẹọfun楹Olùkùmiọ̀fọ́n楹Ugbódùọ̀fọ́n楹Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun楹Òdè Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"word": "gòlòfun楹Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀fụn楹"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "gòlòfun楹Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀fụn楹Ifẹ̀gòlòfun楹Ilé Ifẹ̀gòlòfun楹Northwest YorubaÀwórìọ̀fun楹Èbúté Mẹ́tàọ̀fun楹Ẹ̀gbáọ̀fun楹Abẹ́òkútaọ̀fun楹Èkóọ̀fun楹Èkóọ̀fun楹Ìbàdànọ̀fun楹Ìbàdànọ̀fun楹Ìbàràpáọ̀fun楹Igbó Òràọ̀fun楹Ìbọ̀lọ́ọ̀fun楹Òṣogboọ̀fun楹Ọ̀fàọ̀fun楹Ìlọrinọ̀fun楹Ìlọrinọ̀fun楹OǹkóÒtùọ̀fọn楹Ìwéré Iléọ̀fọn楹Òkèhòọ̀fun楹Ìsẹ́yìnọ̀fọn楹Ṣakíọ̀fọn楹Tedéọ̀fun楹Ìgbẹ́tìọ̀fọn楹Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun楹Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀fun楹Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀fun楹Ìkirèọ̀fun楹Ìwóọ̀fun楹Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀fun楹Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀fun楹Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn楹Kabbaọ̀nọ̀ ọ̀fọn楹Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀hɔ̃楹Atakpamɛɔ̀hɔ̃楹Est-Monoɔ̀hɔ̃楹Tchettiɔ̀hɔ̃楹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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