"ọkinni" meaning in Yoruba

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "okinẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba okinẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọkẹnnẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba ọkẹnnẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Its origins are euphemistic, it was forbidden in some Yoruba towns to use the more common word for needle, abẹ́rẹ́, in the night or in the palace, thus ọkinni was used. Now only used in dialects or greeting a king. Compare with Ijebu Yoruba okinẹ and Ondo Yoruba ọkẹnnẹ (which may have been borrowed from this Yoruba form)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọkinni",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọkinni",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọkinni"
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "yo:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “Your flywhisk shall become as light as a needle”) (a prayer/praise for a king)",
          "roman": "Your flywhisk shall become a needle",
          "text": "ìrùkẹ̀rẹ̀ a dọkinni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọkinni-yo-noun-CYgfbtkz",
      "links": [
        [
          "needle",
          "needle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, euphemistic) needle"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abẹ́rẹ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "àjírán"
        },
        {
          "word": "àgwọ̀dẹ́n"
        },
        {
          "word": "ùkótí"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Ekiti"
          ],
          "word": "ọkịnnị"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.kĩ̄.nĩ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọkinni"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "okinẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba okinẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọkẹnnẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba ọkẹnnẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Its origins are euphemistic, it was forbidden in some Yoruba towns to use the more common word for needle, abẹ́rẹ́, in the night or in the palace, thus ọkinni was used. Now only used in dialects or greeting a king. Compare with Ijebu Yoruba okinẹ and Ondo Yoruba ọkẹnnẹ (which may have been borrowed from this Yoruba form)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọkinni",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọkinni",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọkinni"
      },
      "expansion": "ọkinni",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba euphemisms",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba nouns",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yoruba terms with archaic senses",
        "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples",
        "yo:Tools"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “Your flywhisk shall become as light as a needle”) (a prayer/praise for a king)",
          "roman": "Your flywhisk shall become a needle",
          "text": "ìrùkẹ̀rẹ̀ a dọkinni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needle",
          "needle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, euphemistic) needle"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abẹ́rẹ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "àjírán"
        },
        {
          "word": "àgwọ̀dẹ́n"
        },
        {
          "word": "ùkótí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.kĩ̄.nĩ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "ọkịnnị"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọkinni"
}