"ọpa" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ɔ̀.k͡pá/ Forms: ọ̀pá [canonical]
Etymology: ] Compare with Edo ọkpá Etymology templates: {{cog|bin|ọkpá}} Edo ọkpá Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ọ̀pá|head2=}} ọ̀pá, {{yo-pos|noun|ọ̀pá|}} ọ̀pá, {{yo-noun|ọ̀pá}} ọ̀pá
  1. staff, shaft, rod, stick Synonyms: pọ̀pá
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-BWlyKDBp
  2. baton Categories (topical): Tools, Weapons
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-QYwB6JBg Disambiguation of Tools: 14 49 9 14 10 4 Disambiguation of Weapons: 8 36 12 37 4 2
  3. staff of authority; (used by monarchs or deities); scepter Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: ọ̀pá àṣẹ, ọ̀pá oyè, ọ̀pá ọba
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-~ZBqxjy2 Disambiguation of Weapons: 8 36 12 37 4 2
  4. a symbol of the orisha Òrìṣàoko; it is used as a totem for families who worship Òrìṣàoko and a prefix used in Yoruba names and surnames (ex. Ọ̀pábìyìí). Categories (topical): Smoking, Units of measure, Weapons, Yoruba religion
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-wuSu5SHp Disambiguation of Smoking: 10 15 16 48 8 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 5 8 18 45 21 3 Disambiguation of Weapons: 8 36 12 37 4 2 Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 2 3 6 85 2 2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 18 22 41 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 26 54 4 2 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 19 53 4 1
  5. (measurement) a unit of length equal to one yard Synonyms: ọ̀pá aṣọ
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-IRORT-Ob
  6. (slang, euphemistic) cigarette Tags: euphemistic, slang Synonyms: sìgá
    Sense id: en-ọpa-yo-noun-vdqH68gA Categories (other): Yoruba euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ọlọ́pàá (english: police officer), ọ̀gá ọlọ́pàá (english: police chief), àgọ́ ọlọ́pàá (english: police station)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "police officer",
      "word": "ọlọ́pàá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "police chief",
      "word": "ọ̀gá ọlọ́pàá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "police station",
      "word": "àgọ́ ọlọ́pàá"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "ọkpá"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo ọkpá",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "]\nCompare with Edo ọkpá",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ọ̀pá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọ̀pá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọ̀pá",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọ̀pá"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff, shaft, rod, stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-BWlyKDBp",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pọ̀pá"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 49 9 14 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "yo:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 36 12 37 4 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "yo:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baton"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-QYwB6JBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 36 12 37 4 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "yo:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "staff of authority; (used by monarchs or deities); scepter"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-~ZBqxjy2",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "monarchs",
          "monarchs"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá àṣẹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá oyè"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá ọba"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 18 22 41 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 26 54 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 15 19 53 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 15 16 48 8 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Smoking",
          "orig": "yo:Smoking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 18 45 21 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "yo:Units of measure",
          "parents": [
            "Metrology",
            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "Formal sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 36 12 37 4 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "yo:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 6 85 2 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Yoruba religion",
          "orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a symbol of the orisha Òrìṣàoko; it is used as a totem for families who worship Òrìṣàoko and a prefix used in Yoruba names and surnames (ex. Ọ̀pábìyìí)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-wuSu5SHp",
      "links": [
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "Òrìṣàoko",
          "Oriṣaoko#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "totem",
          "totem"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ],
        [
          "names",
          "names"
        ],
        [
          "surnames",
          "surnames"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀pábìyìí",
          "Ọpabiyii#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cloth of seven yards",
          "text": "aṣọ ọlọ́pàá méje",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unit of length equal to one yard"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-IRORT-Ob",
      "links": [
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "measurement",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(measurement) a unit of length equal to one yard"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá aṣọ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cigarette"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọpa-yo-noun-vdqH68gA",
      "links": [
        [
          "cigarette",
          "cigarette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, euphemistic) cigarette"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sìgá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.k͡pá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọpa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Smoking",
    "yo:Tools",
    "yo:Units of measure",
    "yo:Weapons",
    "yo:Yoruba religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "police officer",
      "word": "ọlọ́pàá"
    },
    {
      "english": "police chief",
      "word": "ọ̀gá ọlọ́pàá"
    },
    {
      "english": "police station",
      "word": "àgọ́ ọlọ́pàá"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "ọkpá"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo ọkpá",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "]\nCompare with Edo ọkpá",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ọ̀pá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọ̀pá",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọ̀pá",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọ̀pá"
      },
      "expansion": "ọ̀pá",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff, shaft, rod, stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pọ̀pá"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baton"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff of authority; (used by monarchs or deities); scepter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "monarchs",
          "monarchs"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá àṣẹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá oyè"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá ọba"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a symbol of the orisha Òrìṣàoko; it is used as a totem for families who worship Òrìṣàoko and a prefix used in Yoruba names and surnames (ex. Ọ̀pábìyìí)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "orisha",
          "orisha"
        ],
        [
          "Òrìṣàoko",
          "Oriṣaoko#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "totem",
          "totem"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ],
        [
          "names",
          "names"
        ],
        [
          "surnames",
          "surnames"
        ],
        [
          "Ọ̀pábìyìí",
          "Ọpabiyii#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cloth of seven yards",
          "text": "aṣọ ọlọ́pàá méje",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unit of length equal to one yard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "measurement",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(measurement) a unit of length equal to one yard"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọ̀pá aṣọ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba euphemisms",
        "Yoruba slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cigarette"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cigarette",
          "cigarette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, euphemistic) cigarette"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sìgá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̀.k͡pá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọpa"
}

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