"olowo" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ō.ló.wó/ Forms: olówó [canonical], olóó [alternative, Ekiti], ológhó [alternative]
Etymology: From oní- (“one who has”) + owó (“money”). Etymology templates: {{af|yo|oní-|owó|t1=one who has|t2=money}} oní- (“one who has”) + owó (“money”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=olówó|head2=}} olówó, {{yo-pos|noun|olówó|}} olówó, {{yo-noun|olówó}} olówó
  1. rich person; a person with money Synonyms: ọlọ́là Derived forms: polówó (english: to advertise)
    Sense id: en-olowo-yo-noun-cYCLhL-0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with oni-, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with oni-: 86 14 Disambiguation of Occupations: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ō.ló.wò/ Forms: olówò [canonical]
Etymology: From oní- (“one who has”) + òwò (“business”). Etymology templates: {{af|yo|oní-|òwò|t1=one who has|t2=business}} oní- (“one who has”) + òwò (“business”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=olówò|head2=}} olówò, {{yo-pos|noun|olówò|}} olówò, {{yo-noun|olówò}} olówò
  1. businessperson Synonyms: oníṣòwò
    Sense id: en-olowo-yo-noun-gn-5tvbH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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      "ipa": "/ō.ló.wò/"
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