"okunkun" meaning in Yoruba

See okunkun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/ Forms: òkùnkùn [canonical]
Etymology: From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”). Etymology templates: {{af|yo|ò-|kùnkùn|id1=nominalizing prefix|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=partial reduplication of kùn to become dark}} ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=òkùnkùn|head2=}} òkùnkùn, {{yo-pos|noun|òkùnkùn|}} òkùnkùn, {{yo-noun|òkùnkùn}} òkùnkùn
  1. darkness
    Sense id: en-okunkun-yo-noun-FCcr02HJ Categories (other): Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix): 27 23 23 27
  2. (idiomatic) evil Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: ibi, bìlísì
    Sense id: en-okunkun-yo-noun-tcH7Lvxt Categories (other): Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix): 27 23 23 27
  3. (idiomatic) secret Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-okunkun-yo-noun-K7gNU3sd Categories (other): Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix): 27 23 23 27
  4. (idiomatic) blindness Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-okunkun-yo-noun-4zVxaFWT Categories (other): Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix): 27 23 23 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: òòkùn, òkùkù (Ìdàáṣà) [Ekiti] Derived forms: olókùnkùn (english: that which is characterized by darkness), ẹgbẹ́ òkùnkùn (english: secret society), ọjà-òkùnkùn (english: black market)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/ Forms: òkùnkùn [canonical]
Etymology: From ò- + kùn + kùn. Etymology templates: {{af|yo|ò-|kùn|kùn}} ò- + kùn + kùn Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=òkùnkùn|head2=}} òkùnkùn, {{yo-pos|noun|òkùnkùn|}} òkùnkùn, {{yo-noun|òkùnkùn}} òkùnkùn
  1. the date palm Phoenix reclinata Categories (lifeform): Trees Synonyms: okun, elékikòbi
    Sense id: en-okunkun-yo-noun-WxN-wRCz Disambiguation of Trees: 4 4 4 4 84 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with o- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 5 5 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 2 3 89 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 2 93 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with o-: 5 4 4 5 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: òòkùn, òkùkù (Ìdàáṣà) [Ekiti]
Etymology number: 2
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "that which is characterized by darkness",
      "word": "olókùnkùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "secret society",
      "word": "ẹgbẹ́ òkùnkùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "black market",
      "word": "ọjà-òkùnkùn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ò-",
        "3": "kùnkùn",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "partial reduplication of kùn to become dark"
      },
      "expansion": "ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òkùnkùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òkùnkùn",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òkùnkùn",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òkùnkùn"
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness"
      ],
      "id": "en-okunkun-yo-noun-FCcr02HJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-okunkun-yo-noun-tcH7Lvxt",
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) evil"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ibi"
        },
        {
          "word": "bìlísì"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "secret"
      ],
      "id": "en-okunkun-yo-noun-K7gNU3sd",
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) secret"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blindness"
      ],
      "id": "en-okunkun-yo-noun-4zVxaFWT",
      "links": [
        [
          "blindness",
          "blindness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) blindness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "òòkùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Ìdàáṣà",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "òkùkù"
    }
  ],
  "word": "okunkun"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ò-",
        "3": "kùn",
        "4": "kùn"
      },
      "expansion": "ò- + kùn + kùn",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ò- + kùn + kùn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òkùnkùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òkùnkùn",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òkùnkùn",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òkùnkùn"
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 5 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 2 3 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 2 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 4 5 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 4 4 84",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "yo:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the date palm Phoenix reclinata"
      ],
      "id": "en-okunkun-yo-noun-WxN-wRCz",
      "links": [
        [
          "date palm",
          "date palm"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "okun"
        },
        {
          "word": "elékikòbi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "òòkùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Ìdàáṣà",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "òkùkù"
    }
  ],
  "word": "okunkun"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with o-",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Trees"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "that which is characterized by darkness",
      "word": "olókùnkùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "secret society",
      "word": "ẹgbẹ́ òkùnkùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "black market",
      "word": "ọjà-òkùnkùn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ò-",
        "3": "kùnkùn",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "partial reduplication of kùn to become dark"
      },
      "expansion": "ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùnkùn (“partial reduplication of kùn to become dark”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òkùnkùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òkùnkùn",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òkùnkùn",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òkùnkùn"
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "darkness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) evil"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ibi"
        },
        {
          "word": "bìlísì"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "secret"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) secret"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blindness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blindness",
          "blindness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) blindness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "òòkùn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ìdàáṣà",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "òkùkù"
    }
  ],
  "word": "okunkun"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with o-",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Trees"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ò-",
        "3": "kùn",
        "4": "kùn"
      },
      "expansion": "ò- + kùn + kùn",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ò- + kùn + kùn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òkùnkùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òkùnkùn",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òkùnkùn",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òkùnkùn"
      },
      "expansion": "òkùnkùn",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the date palm Phoenix reclinata"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "date palm",
          "date palm"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "okun"
        },
        {
          "word": "elékikòbi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.kũ̀.kũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "òòkùn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ìdàáṣà",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "òkùkù"
    }
  ],
  "word": "okunkun"
}

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