See ọkunrin on Wiktionary
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"english": "bravery",
"word": "ọkàn ọkùnrin"
},
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"word": "ọmọkùnrin"
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"word": "ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin"
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"english": "headmaster",
"word": "ọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lọ́kùnrin"
},
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"english": "homosexuality",
"word": "ìfẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin"
}
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"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*ɔ́-kʊ̃rɪ̃"
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "ọkọ́ọrẹ"
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"english": "Just as fire power is the mark of a hunter, so, blood is the mark of a true medicine; and to see a war, and not run away, is the mark of a man",
"text": "Iná niyì ọdẹ, ẹ̀jẹ̀ niyì oògùn; ká rógun má mà sa, òun niyì ọkùnrin",
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"english": "The conviction that one knows everything is what causes Òrìṣà Orò to carry away a man",
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"english": "We must be brave in the battlefield",
"text": "a gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe bí ọkùnrin lójú ogun",
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"word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: ọkùnrinview map"
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"word": "olokìrin漇Ọ̀họ̀rí"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
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"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ÌjèOnigbolookìin漇Kétu"
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"word": "ÀnàgóKétuɔkùnrin漇Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɛkĩ̀rĩ漇"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ɔnɔkɛ̃̀ɛ̃漇Atakpamɛonɛkũ̀rɛ̃漇"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlokùrĩ漇Bokoonɛkìrɛ漇Moretanonokɛ̃̀rẽ漇Tchettiɔnɔkɛ̃̀ɛ̃漇KuraAwotébiɔkɛ́rɛ́漇Partagoɔnɔkrɛ̃漇Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiinɛ̃mɔkɔ漇Northern NagoKamboleokuɛ̃漇Manigriokùɛ̃漇Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaocuni漇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"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
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"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"
},
{
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"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "ọkunrin"
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"english": "bravery",
"word": "ọkàn ọkùnrin"
},
{
"english": "boy",
"word": "ọmọkùnrin"
},
{
"english": "young man, adolescent boy",
"word": "ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin"
},
{
"english": "headmaster",
"word": "ọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lọ́kùnrin"
},
{
"english": "homosexuality",
"word": "ìfẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin"
}
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67
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"text": "Iná niyì ọdẹ, ẹ̀jẹ̀ niyì oògùn; ká rógun má mà sa, òun niyì ọkùnrin",
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82,
85
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35,
42
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"english": "The conviction that one knows everything is what causes Òrìṣà Orò to carry away a man",
"text": "'Mo mọ̀ ọ́ tán', ni Orò ó fi ń gbé ọkùnrin",
"type": "example"
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16
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23
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"english": "We must be brave in the battlefield",
"text": "a gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe bí ọkùnrin lójú ogun",
"type": "example"
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"manliness, bravery"
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]
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},
{
"word": "olokìrin漇Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèOnigbolookìin漇Kétu"
},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóKétuɔkùnrin漇Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔnɛkĩ̀rĩ漇"
},
{
"word": "ɔnɔkɛ̃̀ɛ̃漇Atakpamɛonɛkũ̀rɛ̃漇"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "ɔlokùrĩ漇Bokoonɛkìrɛ漇Moretanonokɛ̃̀rẽ漇Tchettiɔnɔkɛ̃̀ɛ̃漇KuraAwotébiɔkɛ́rɛ́漇Partagoɔnɔkrɛ̃漇Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiinɛ̃mɔkɔ漇Northern NagoKamboleokuɛ̃漇Manigriokùɛ̃漇Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaocuni漇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"
},
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"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
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"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"
},
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"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
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"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "ọkunrin"
}
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