"Ọyẹku" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀-",
        "3": "yẹ̀",
        "4": "ikú",
        "lit": "That which avoids death",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to avoid, to dodge",
        "t3": "death"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ̀ (“to avoid, to dodge”) + ikú (“death”), literally “That which avoids death”",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "kú",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Ìyẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Gun Ìyẹ̀kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "Akú"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri Akú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "Ọyẹkwu"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala Ọyẹkwu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "Akwu"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala Akwu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "Àkó"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo Àkó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urh",
        "2": "Àkó"
      },
      "expansion": "Urhobo Àkó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "Àkwụ",
        "3": "Àhwụ"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo Àhwụ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "Eyako"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe Eyako",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igb",
        "2": "Ọ̀hàkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ebira Ọ̀hàkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*V-kwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *V-kwú",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Folk etymology suggests it comes from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ̀ (“to avoid, to dodge”) + ikú (“death”), literally “That which avoids death”. It is a possibility that the root term may relate to kú (to die) as the second part of the term stays relatively consistently throughout Volta-Niger languages, and kwu or ku is generally associated with old roots for death, however, in some cognate terms, it changes, so that assertion is unlikely, but possible. See Gun Ìyẹ̀kú, Itsekiri Akú, Igala Ọyẹkwu, Igala Akwu, Edo Àkó, Urhobo Àkó, Igbo Àhwụ, Nupe Eyako, Ebira Ọ̀hàkú. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *V-kwú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ogbè"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ìwòrì"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Òdí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ìrosùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀wọ́nrín"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀bàrà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀kànràn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ògúndá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀sá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ìká"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Òtúúrúpọ̀n"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Òtúrá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ìrẹtẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ọ̀sẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Òfún"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second principal sign of the Ifa divination system"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọyẹku-yo-name-NLQYz26A",
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "Ifa",
          "Ifa"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 18 17 3",
          "sense": "principal signs of the Ifa divination system",
          "word": "ojú odù"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 50 12 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 43 10 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the Odù Ifá, consisting of the second principal chapter, (Ọ̀yẹ̀kú méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀yẹ̀kú (beginning with Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọyẹku-yo-name-LGXppHNq",
      "links": [
        [
          "àpólà",
          "apola#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Odù Ifá",
          "Odu Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú méjì",
          "Ọyẹku meji#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè",
          "Ọyẹkulogbe#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àpólà Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọyẹku-yo-name-Ex8qn18R",
      "links": [
        [
          "second",
          "second"
        ],
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ],
        [
          "Odù Ifá",
          "Odu Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "ojú odù",
          "oju odu#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 43 10 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The spirit and divinity associated with the Ọ̀yẹ̀kú divination sign"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọyẹku-yo-name-sfVBQ1U~",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "associated",
          "associated"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.jɛ̀.kú/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọyẹku"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba proper nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ-",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Yoruba religion"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀-",
        "3": "yẹ̀",
        "4": "ikú",
        "lit": "That which avoids death",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to avoid, to dodge",
        "t3": "death"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ̀ (“to avoid, to dodge”) + ikú (“death”), literally “That which avoids death”",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "kú",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Ìyẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Gun Ìyẹ̀kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "Akú"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri Akú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "Ọyẹkwu"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala Ọyẹkwu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "Akwu"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala Akwu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "Àkó"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo Àkó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urh",
        "2": "Àkó"
      },
      "expansion": "Urhobo Àkó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "Àkwụ",
        "3": "Àhwụ"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo Àhwụ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "Eyako"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe Eyako",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igb",
        "2": "Ọ̀hàkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ebira Ọ̀hàkú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*V-kwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *V-kwú",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Folk etymology suggests it comes from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ̀ (“to avoid, to dodge”) + ikú (“death”), literally “That which avoids death”. It is a possibility that the root term may relate to kú (to die) as the second part of the term stays relatively consistently throughout Volta-Niger languages, and kwu or ku is generally associated with old roots for death, however, in some cognate terms, it changes, so that assertion is unlikely, but possible. See Gun Ìyẹ̀kú, Itsekiri Akú, Igala Ọyẹkwu, Igala Akwu, Edo Àkó, Urhobo Àkó, Igbo Àhwụ, Nupe Eyako, Ebira Ọ̀hàkú. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *V-kwú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "principal signs of the Ifa divination system",
      "word": "ojú odù"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ogbè"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìwòrì"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òdí"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìrosùn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀wọ́nrín"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀bàrà"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀kànràn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ògúndá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀sá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìká"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òtúúrúpọ̀n"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òtúrá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìrẹtẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀sẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òfún"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second principal sign of the Ifa divination system"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "Ifa",
          "Ifa"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the Odù Ifá, consisting of the second principal chapter, (Ọ̀yẹ̀kú méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀yẹ̀kú (beginning with Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "àpólà",
          "apola#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Odù Ifá",
          "Odu Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú méjì",
          "Ọyẹku meji#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè",
          "Ọyẹkulogbe#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àpólà Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "second",
          "second"
        ],
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ],
        [
          "Odù Ifá",
          "Odu Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "ojú odù",
          "oju odu#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The spirit and divinity associated with the Ọ̀yẹ̀kú divination sign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "associated",
          "associated"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.jɛ̀.kú/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọyẹku"
}