See Ọya on Wiktionary
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"english": "The Niger River",
"word": "Odò Ọya"
},
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"english": "A devotee or priest of Ọya",
"word": "ọlọ́ya"
},
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"english": "Chanting and invocations during the praise of Ọya",
"word": "Ọya-pípè"
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has given birth to this child",
"word": "Ọyábìyìí"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya blessed me",
"word": "Ọyábùnmi"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya received honor",
"word": "Ọyágbọlá"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has favored me",
"word": "Ọyágbèmí"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya is worthy of praise",
"word": "Ọyátọ́pẹ́"
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"english": "The northern region of Nigeria, the region of Nigeria above the Niger river",
"word": "Òkè Ọya"
}
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"etymology_text": "A common folk etymology links her name to ọ- (“agent prefix”) + ya (“to tear, to rip open”), literally “She tore”, referring to her representation as violent whirlwinds. Also possibly from aya (“wife”), as she is strongly associated as the wife of Ṣàngó",
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"english": "There are two forms of Oya. The first Oya is the primordial deity who accompanied the four hundred other deities to earth, and the second is Oya the orisha who was the wife of Shango the Alaafin of Oyo",
"text": "Ọyá pé méjì. Ọya kìíní ni èyí tí ó bá àwọn Irúnmọlẹ̀ wá sí ayé; èkejì sì ni Ọya tí ó jẹ́ ìyàwóo Ṣàngó Ìtí-olú Olúkòso tíí ṣe Aláàfin ní Ọyọ́-ilé",
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"A female orisha and one of the irúnmọlẹ̀ in the Yoruba religion, she is believed to be the spirit of the Niger river, and is the goddess of storms, winds. She is the wife of Ṣàngó, and was also an ayaba (“queen”), when he was the Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́."
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"word": "Ọya"
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"english": "Chanting and invocations during the praise of Ọya",
"word": "Ọya-pípè"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has given birth to this child",
"word": "Ọyábìyìí"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya blessed me",
"word": "Ọyábùnmi"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya received honor",
"word": "Ọyágbọlá"
},
{
"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has favored me",
"word": "Ọyágbèmí"
},
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"english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya is worthy of praise",
"word": "Ọyátọ́pẹ́"
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"word": "Òkè Ọya"
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"text": "Ọyá pé méjì. Ọya kìíní ni èyí tí ó bá àwọn Irúnmọlẹ̀ wá sí ayé; èkejì sì ni Ọya tí ó jẹ́ ìyàwóo Ṣàngó Ìtí-olú Olúkòso tíí ṣe Aláàfin ní Ọyọ́-ilé",
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"A female orisha and one of the irúnmọlẹ̀ in the Yoruba religion, she is believed to be the spirit of the Niger river, and is the goddess of storms, winds. She is the wife of Ṣàngó, and was also an ayaba (“queen”), when he was the Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́."
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"ipa": "/ɔ̄.jā/"
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