"Oduduwa" meaning in Yoruba

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Yoruba people",
      "word": "ọmọ Odùduwà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from odù dú ì wà (“The source of existence”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Odùduwà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Odùduwà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Odùduwà"
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Odùduwà"
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
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        },
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          "_dis": "77 23",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The legendary ruler (Ọọ̀ni) of Ifẹ̀, he waged a war with Ọbàtálá and gained control of Ifẹ̀, where he became Ọọ̀ni. Because of this and his many descendants who founded modern Yoruba settlements, he is regarded as the father of the Yorùbá people"
      ],
      "id": "en-Oduduwa-yo-name-wQfhopc9",
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        [
          "legendary",
          "legendary"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "Ọọ̀ni",
          "Ọọni#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ifẹ̀",
          "Ifẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọbàtálá",
          "Ọbatala#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "gained",
          "gained"
        ],
        [
          "descendants",
          "descendants"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "Yorùbá",
          "Yoruba#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) The legendary ruler (Ọọ̀ni) of Ifẹ̀, he waged a war with Ọbàtálá and gained control of Ifẹ̀, where he became Ọọ̀ni. Because of this and his many descendants who founded modern Yoruba settlements, he is regarded as the father of the Yorùbá people"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọlọ́fin Àdìmúlà"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ancestral deity associated with creation"
      ],
      "id": "en-Oduduwa-yo-name-zVvaqOxg",
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        [
          "ancestral",
          "ancestral"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.dù.dū.wà/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Oòduà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Oduduwa"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba proper nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Yoruba people",
      "word": "ọmọ Odùduwà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from odù dú ì wà (“The source of existence”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Odùduwà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Odùduwà",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Odùduwà"
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Odùduwà"
      },
      "expansion": "Odùduwà",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Yoruba terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The legendary ruler (Ọọ̀ni) of Ifẹ̀, he waged a war with Ọbàtálá and gained control of Ifẹ̀, where he became Ọọ̀ni. Because of this and his many descendants who founded modern Yoruba settlements, he is regarded as the father of the Yorùbá people"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "ruler",
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        ],
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          "Ọọ̀ni",
          "Ọọni#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ifẹ̀",
          "Ifẹ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ọbàtálá",
          "Ọbatala#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "gained",
          "gained"
        ],
        [
          "descendants",
          "descendants"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "Yorùbá",
          "Yoruba#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) The legendary ruler (Ọọ̀ni) of Ifẹ̀, he waged a war with Ọbàtálá and gained control of Ifẹ̀, where he became Ọọ̀ni. Because of this and his many descendants who founded modern Yoruba settlements, he is regarded as the father of the Yorùbá people"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ọlọ́fin Àdìmúlà"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ancestral deity associated with creation"
      ],
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        [
          "ancestral",
          "ancestral"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.dù.dū.wà/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Oòduà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Oduduwa"
}