"Ọrunmila" meaning in Yoruba

See Ọrunmila in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɔ̀.ɾṹ.mĩ̀.là/ Forms: Ọ̀rúnmìlà [canonical]
Etymology: From ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation”. Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|ọ̀run|mọ̀|ìlà|lit=Only knows heaven who reach salvation|t1=heaven|t2=to know|t3=salvation}} ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation” Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Ọ̀rúnmìlà|head2=}} Ọ̀rúnmìlà, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Ọ̀rúnmìlà}} Ọ̀rúnmìlà, {{yo-proper noun|Ọ̀rúnmìlà}} Ọ̀rúnmìlà
  1. a semi-legendary figure who is identified as being a priest, scholar, and philosopher in ancient Yoruba society, and may have developed from several wisemen figures throughout ancient history who aided in the spread and development of the Ifá oracle. Categories (topical): Yoruba religion
    Sense id: en-Ọrunmila-yo-name-erk-PYFv Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 79 21 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. Ọrunmila, the primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of wisdom and divination. He is regarded as the custodian of the Ifá oracle. Categories (topical): Divination Synonyms: Ifá, Fọ́nrán-kan-ṣoṣo-òwú, Àgbọnnìrègún, Ẹlẹ́rìí ìpín, Ọlọ́jà Ẹbọra
    Sense id: en-Ọrunmila-yo-name-FcXCBiYJ Disambiguation of Divination: 40 60 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ọlọ́runmìlà (english: Ifá priest)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Ifá priest",
      "word": "ọlọ́runmìlà"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Orunmila"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Orunmila",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Orunmila"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀run",
        "3": "mọ̀",
        "4": "ìlà",
        "lit": "Only knows heaven who reach salvation",
        "t1": "heaven",
        "t2": "to know",
        "t3": "salvation"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation”",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "yo-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a semi-legendary figure who is identified as being a priest, scholar, and philosopher in ancient Yoruba society, and may have developed from several wisemen figures throughout ancient history who aided in the spread and development of the Ifá oracle."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọrunmila-yo-name-erk-PYFv",
      "links": [
        [
          "semi",
          "semi"
        ],
        [
          "legendary",
          "legendary"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "philosopher",
          "philosopher"
        ],
        [
          "several",
          "several"
        ],
        [
          "wisemen",
          "wisemen"
        ],
        [
          "figures",
          "figures"
        ],
        [
          "Ifá",
          "Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Divination",
          "orig": "yo:Divination",
          "parents": [
            "Occult",
            "Forteana",
            "Supernatural",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Folklore",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ọrunmila, the primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of wisdom and divination. He is regarded as the custodian of the Ifá oracle."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ọrunmila-yo-name-FcXCBiYJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "primordial",
          "primordial"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "irúnmọlẹ̀",
          "irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "wisdom",
          "wisdom"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "custodian",
          "custodian"
        ],
        [
          "Ifá",
          "Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ifá"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fọ́nrán-kan-ṣoṣo-òwú"
        },
        {
          "word": "Àgbọnnìrègún"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ẹlẹ́rìí ìpín"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ọlọ́jà Ẹbọra"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.ɾṹ.mĩ̀.là/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọrunmila"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba proper nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Divination",
    "yo:Yoruba religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Ifá priest",
      "word": "ọlọ́runmìlà"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Orunmila"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Orunmila",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Orunmila"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ̀run",
        "3": "mọ̀",
        "4": "ìlà",
        "lit": "Only knows heaven who reach salvation",
        "t1": "heaven",
        "t2": "to know",
        "t3": "salvation"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation”",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only knows heaven who reach salvation”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà"
      },
      "expansion": "Ọ̀rúnmìlà",
      "name": "yo-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a semi-legendary figure who is identified as being a priest, scholar, and philosopher in ancient Yoruba society, and may have developed from several wisemen figures throughout ancient history who aided in the spread and development of the Ifá oracle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semi",
          "semi"
        ],
        [
          "legendary",
          "legendary"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "philosopher",
          "philosopher"
        ],
        [
          "several",
          "several"
        ],
        [
          "wisemen",
          "wisemen"
        ],
        [
          "figures",
          "figures"
        ],
        [
          "Ifá",
          "Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ọrunmila, the primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of wisdom and divination. He is regarded as the custodian of the Ifá oracle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "primordial",
          "primordial"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "irúnmọlẹ̀",
          "irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "wisdom",
          "wisdom"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination"
        ],
        [
          "custodian",
          "custodian"
        ],
        [
          "Ifá",
          "Ifa#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ifá"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fọ́nrán-kan-ṣoṣo-òwú"
        },
        {
          "word": "Àgbọnnìrègún"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ẹlẹ́rìí ìpín"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ọlọ́jà Ẹbọra"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.ɾṹ.mĩ̀.là/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ọrunmila"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Ọrunmila meaning in Yoruba (2.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yoruba dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.