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"etymology_text": "Among the archaic terms for \"king,\" \"monarch,\" or \"leader,\" originally widespread in most Yoruba dialects, now mainly restricted to oral poetry (oríkì), songs of deities like Ògún, and use in old Ìjẹ̀bú names and surnames like Ọ̀ṣínbàjò or Ọ̀ṣínnọ́wọ̀.\nThe term seemed to have been used quite commonly among the Ìjẹ̀bú, while it has been archaic in most other dialects, (especially the non-nasalized form ọṣì.\nSee òdío, which is a similar archaic term for king among the Èkìtì and Ìkàrẹ́ people.",
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"name": "Monarchy",
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"text": "Ògún lákáayé ọṣìn imọlẹ̀\nÒgún lákáayé, leader of the deities",
"type": "example"
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"king, leader; the first person to a location"
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"(archaic, Ijebu) king, leader; the first person to a location"
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"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has returned from a journey",
"word": "Ọ̀ṣínbàjò"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has honor",
"word": "Ọ̀ṣínnọ́wọ̀"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has returned home",
"word": "Ọṣìnbọ̀wálé"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king arrived home",
"word": "Ọṣíndélé"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name",
"word": "Ọṣínfẹkúnwẹ̀dé"
}
],
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"word": "ọba"
},
{
"word": "ọwá"
},
{
"word": "olú"
},
{
"word": "ọlọ́jà"
},
{
"word": "òdío"
},
{
"word": "ọṣì"
}
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"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has returned from a journey",
"word": "Ọ̀ṣínbàjò"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has honor",
"word": "Ọ̀ṣínnọ́wọ̀"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king has returned home",
"word": "Ọṣìnbọ̀wálé"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name meaning The king arrived home",
"word": "Ọṣíndélé"
},
{
"english": "Yoruba name",
"word": "Ọṣínfẹkúnwẹ̀dé"
}
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"Yoruba lemmas",
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"Yoruba terms with archaic senses",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples",
"yo:Monarchy",
"yo:People"
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"text": "Ògún lákáayé ọṣìn imọlẹ̀\nÒgún lákáayé, leader of the deities",
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}
],
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"king, leader; the first person to a location"
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"(archaic, Ijebu) king, leader; the first person to a location"
],
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"word": "ọba"
},
{
"word": "ọwá"
},
{
"word": "olú"
},
{
"word": "ọlọ́jà"
},
{
"word": "òdío"
}
],
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"archaic"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɔ̄.ʃĩ̀/"
}
],
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"word": "ọṣì"
}
],
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}
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