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{ "derived": [ { "english": "Olokun divination system", "word": "olókun" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yo", "2": "oní", "3": "òkun", "lit": "Owner of the Sea", "t1": "one who has", "t2": "ocean, sea" }, "expansion": "oní (“one who has”) + òkun (“ocean, sea”), literally “Owner of the Sea”", "name": "affix" }, { "args": { "1": "bin", "2": "Ólókú" }, "expansion": "Edo Ólókú", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From oní (“one who has”) + òkun (“ocean, sea”), literally “Owner of the Sea”, compare with Edo Ólókú", "forms": [ { "form": "Olókun", "tags": [ "canonical" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yo", "2": "proper noun", "head": "Olókun", "head2": "" }, "expansion": "Olókun", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "proper noun", "2": "Olókun" }, "expansion": "Olókun", "name": "yo-pos" }, { "args": { "1": "Olókun" }, "expansion": "Olókun", "name": "yo-prop" } ], "lang": "Yoruba", "lang_code": "yo", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Yoruba compound terms", "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header", "Yoruba lemmas", "Yoruba proper nouns", "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation", "yo:Yoruba religion" ], "glosses": [ "A primordial imọlẹ̀ of the Yoruba religion, they are an androgynous divinity of the ocean and the seas, and said to embody the Atlantic Ocean. They are the parent of the deities, Ọlọ́sà and Ajé, and is also a deified orisha of the same name, as a human, she said to be the wife of Odùduwà" ], "links": [ [ "imọlẹ̀", "imọlẹ#Yoruba" ], [ "Atlantic Ocean", "Atlantic Ocean" ], [ "Ọlọ́sà", "Ọlọsa#Yoruba" ], [ "Ajé", "Aje#Yoruba" ], [ "orisha", "orisha" ], [ "Odùduwà", "Oduduwa#Yoruba" ] ], "wikipedia": [ "Olokun" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ō.ló.ꜜkũ̄/" } ], "word": "Olokun" }
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