"Okun" meaning in Yoruba

See Okun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ō.kũ̄/
Etymology: From the greeting okun. Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Okun|head2=}} Okun, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Okun}} Okun, {{yo-prop|Okun}} Okun
  1. An overarching term for a group of related Yoruba subethnic groups in Kogi State, consisting of the Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀, Ìyàgbà, Ìjùmú, Ìbùnú, Owé, and Gbẹdẹ. Categories (topical): Dialects, Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Okun-yo-name-TxXBmsB~ Disambiguation of Dialects: 60 40 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 79 21 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. A dialectal cluster of the dialects spoken by the Okun peoples
    Sense id: en-Okun-yo-name--XBHnZhn
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  "etymology_text": "From the greeting okun.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Okun",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Okun"
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Okun"
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Dialects",
          "orig": "yo:Dialects",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Ethnonyms",
          "orig": "yo:Ethnonyms",
          "parents": [
            "Ethnicity",
            "Names",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An overarching term for a group of related Yoruba subethnic groups in Kogi State, consisting of the Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀, Ìyàgbà, Ìjùmú, Ìbùnú, Owé, and Gbẹdẹ."
      ],
      "id": "en-Okun-yo-name-TxXBmsB~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀",
          "Ọwọrọọ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìyàgbà",
          "Iyagba#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìjùmú",
          "Ijumu#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìbùnú",
          "Ibunu#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Owé",
          "Owe#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Gbẹdẹ",
          "Gbẹdẹ#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A dialectal cluster of the dialects spoken by the Okun peoples"
      ],
      "id": "en-Okun-yo-name--XBHnZhn"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.kũ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Okun"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba proper nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "yo:Dialects",
    "yo:Ethnonyms"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the greeting okun.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Okun",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Okun"
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Okun"
      },
      "expansion": "Okun",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An overarching term for a group of related Yoruba subethnic groups in Kogi State, consisting of the Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀, Ìyàgbà, Ìjùmú, Ìbùnú, Owé, and Gbẹdẹ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀",
          "Ọwọrọọ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìyàgbà",
          "Iyagba#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìjùmú",
          "Ijumu#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Ìbùnú",
          "Ibunu#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Owé",
          "Owe#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "Gbẹdẹ",
          "Gbẹdẹ#Yoruba"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A dialectal cluster of the dialects spoken by the Okun peoples"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.kũ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Okun"
}

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