"Ọya" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "The Niger River",
      "word": "Odò Ọya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A devotee or priest of Ọya",
      "word": "ọlọ́ya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Chanting and invocations during the praise of Ọya",
      "word": "Ọya-pípè"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has given birth to this child",
      "word": "Ọyábìyìí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya blessed me",
      "word": "Ọyábùnmi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya received honor",
      "word": "Ọyágbọlá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has favored me",
      "word": "Ọyágbèmí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya is worthy of praise",
      "word": "Ọyátọ́pẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "The northern region of Nigeria, the region of Nigeria above the Niger river",
      "word": "Òkè Ọya"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ-",
        "3": "ya",
        "id1": "agent prefix",
        "lit": "She tore",
        "t1": "agent prefix",
        "t2": "to tear, to rip open"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ- (“agent prefix”) + ya (“to tear, to rip open”), literally “She tore”",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "aya",
        "t": "wife"
      },
      "expansion": "aya (“wife”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Ṣàngó"
      },
      "expansion": "Ṣàngó",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "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",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọya",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ- (agent prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She is regarded as the favorite of Ṣàngó's wife because of their similar tempers."
        },
        {
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọya-yo-name-tl6AnpEb",
      "links": [
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "irúnmọlẹ̀",
          "irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Yoruba",
          "Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ],
        [
          "winds",
          "winds"
        ],
        [
          "Ṣàngó",
          "Ṣango#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "ayaba",
          "ayaba#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Rivers in Africa",
          "orig": "yo:Rivers in Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places",
            "Africa",
            "Bodies of water",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Liquids",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Matter",
            "Lemmas",
            "Chemistry",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọya-yo-name-YZm7~93d",
      "links": [
        [
          "Niger",
          "Niger#English:_Q3542"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gulf of Guinea",
          "Gulf of Guinea"
        ],
        [
          "Nigeria",
          "Nigeria"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Odò Ọya"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.jā/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọya"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba proper nouns",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ- (agent prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "yo:Yoruba religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "The Niger River",
      "word": "Odò Ọya"
    },
    {
      "english": "A devotee or priest of Ọya",
      "word": "ọlọ́ya"
    },
    {
      "english": "Chanting and invocations during the praise of Ọya",
      "word": "Ọya-pípè"
    },
    {
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has given birth to this child",
      "word": "Ọyábìyìí"
    },
    {
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya blessed me",
      "word": "Ọyábùnmi"
    },
    {
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya received honor",
      "word": "Ọyágbọlá"
    },
    {
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya has favored me",
      "word": "Ọyágbèmí"
    },
    {
      "english": "A Yoruba name meaning Ọya is worthy of praise",
      "word": "Ọyátọ́pẹ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "The northern region of Nigeria, the region of Nigeria above the Niger river",
      "word": "Òkè Ọya"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ-",
        "3": "ya",
        "id1": "agent prefix",
        "lit": "She tore",
        "t1": "agent prefix",
        "t2": "to tear, to rip open"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ- (“agent prefix”) + ya (“to tear, to rip open”), literally “She tore”",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "aya",
        "t": "wife"
      },
      "expansion": "aya (“wife”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Ṣàngó"
      },
      "expansion": "Ṣàngó",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "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",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọya",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọya",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She is regarded as the favorite of Ṣàngó's wife because of their similar tempers."
        },
        {
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "irúnmọlẹ̀",
          "irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Yoruba",
          "Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ],
        [
          "winds",
          "winds"
        ],
        [
          "Ṣàngó",
          "Ṣango#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "ayaba",
          "ayaba#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "yo:Rivers in Africa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Niger",
          "Niger#English:_Q3542"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gulf of Guinea",
          "Gulf of Guinea"
        ],
        [
          "Nigeria",
          "Nigeria"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Odò Ọya"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.jā/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọya"
}