"Ọkẹ" meaning in Yoruba

See Ọkẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɔ̀.kɛ́/ Forms: Ọ̀kẹ́ [canonical]
Etymology: From ọ̀kẹ́ (“sack”) Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Ọ̀kẹ́|head2=}} Ọ̀kẹ́, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Ọ̀kẹ́}} Ọ̀kẹ́, {{yo-prop|Ọ̀kẹ́}} Ọ̀kẹ́
  1. a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born via an en caul birth, in which its amniotic sac is still intact
{
  "etymology_text": "From ọ̀kẹ́ (“sack”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀kẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀kẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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 female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba unisex given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born via an en caul birth, in which its amniotic sac is still intact"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọkẹ-yo-name-GOHaJ-Wg",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá",
          "orukọ amutọrunwa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "caul",
          "caul"
        ],
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "amniotic sac",
          "amniotic sac"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.kɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọkẹ"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From ọ̀kẹ́ (“sack”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀kẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀kẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀kẹ́",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba female given names",
        "Yoruba given names",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Yoruba links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Yoruba male given names",
        "Yoruba proper nouns",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yoruba unisex given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born via an en caul birth, in which its amniotic sac is still intact"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá",
          "orukọ amutọrunwa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "caul",
          "caul"
        ],
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "amniotic sac",
          "amniotic sac"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.kɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọkẹ"
}

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