"ọyan" meaning in Yoruba

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        "3": "yàn",
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        "t2": "to suckle"
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      "name": "af"
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      },
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        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "ọnyàn"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi ọnyàn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "èyán"
      },
      "expansion": "Itsekiri èyán",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ́-ɲã̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɲã̀",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ọ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to suckle”). The use of yàn with this noun is restricted to Central Yoruba dialects, while others use mu (“to drink”).\nCompare with Igala ẹ́nyà, Olukumi ọnyàn, Itsekiri èyán, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɲã̀. Perhaps distantly related to àyà (“chest”) or *ɔ́-yà (“wife”), which links to other Volta-Niger words for woman. Etymological evidence suggests that ọyàn served as a more euphemistic name compared to ọmú, and while it has largely replaced ọmú in common day speech, its original euphemistic origins may support the idea that it comes from a non-anatomical root, similar to the developement of euphemisms for genitalia.",
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    {
      "form": "ọyàn",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ọyàn",
        "head2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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        "2": "ọyàn",
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        "1": "ọyàn"
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      "expansion": "ọyàn",
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "yo:Anatomy",
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "nipple",
          "word": "ìkórí ọyàn"
        },
        {
          "english": "breastfeeding",
          "word": "ìfọ́mọlọ́yàn"
        },
        {
          "english": "the plant Cnestis ferruginea",
          "word": "ọyàn àjẹ́"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breast"
      ],
      "id": "en-ọyan-yo-noun-OBNtbjQ4",
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, originally euphemistic) breast"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọmú"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ikale",
          "word": "ẹyàn"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.jã̀/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọyan"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "nipple",
      "word": "ìkórí ọyàn"
    },
    {
      "english": "breastfeeding",
      "word": "ìfọ́mọlọ́yàn"
    },
    {
      "english": "the plant Cnestis ferruginea",
      "word": "ọyàn àjẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ọ-",
        "3": "yàn",
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "its",
        "2": "èyán"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ́-ɲã̀"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "canonical"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ọyàn",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ọyàn"
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  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Yoruba euphemisms",
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        "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
        "Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ- (nominalizing prefix)",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "yo:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breast"
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy, originally euphemistic) breast"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ọmú"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ̄.jã̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Ikale",
      "word": "ẹyàn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ọyan"
}