"oni-" meaning in Yoruba

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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "o-",
        "3": "ní",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to have; to own"
      },
      "expansion": "o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ní (“to have; to own”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ní (“to have; to own”). The \"o\" prefix harmonizes with the initial vowel associated with the noun it precedes. Since /n/ and /l/ are allophonic in Yoruba, the prefix often changes to an /l/ when in compounds. However, it always remains an /n/ in Southeastern Yoruba dialects, while it always remains an /l/ in Central Yoruba dialects like Ekiti and in the Egba dialect.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oní-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "oní-",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oní-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix",
        "2": "oní-"
      },
      "expansion": "oní-",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "prefix",
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          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "oni- + ilé (“house”) → onílé (“landlord”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + adé (“crown”) → aládé (“royal, prince”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ìṣègùn (“medicine”) → oníṣègùn (“doctor”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ààfin (“palace”) → Aláàfin (“title of a king”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + oyè (“chieftaincy title”) → olóyè (“chief”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ẹmu (“palm wine”) → ẹlẹ́mu (“palm wine seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ọmọ (“child”) → ọlọ́mọ (“parent”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + edé (“crayfish”) → elédé (“crayfish seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + uṣu (“yam”) → onúṣu (“yam seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + múrí méjì (“40 naira”) → onímúrí méjì (“that which is worth 40 naira”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a prefix (added to nouns to detail ownership or association to the noun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-oni--yo-prefix-nTGMUeCG",
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          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abi-"
        },
        {
          "word": "olí-"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ondo",
          "word": "lí-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oni-"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "o-",
        "3": "ní",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to have; to own"
      },
      "expansion": "o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ní (“to have; to own”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ní (“to have; to own”). The \"o\" prefix harmonizes with the initial vowel associated with the noun it precedes. Since /n/ and /l/ are allophonic in Yoruba, the prefix often changes to an /l/ when in compounds. However, it always remains an /n/ in Southeastern Yoruba dialects, while it always remains an /l/ in Central Yoruba dialects like Ekiti and in the Egba dialect.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oní-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "oní-",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oní-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix",
        "2": "oní-"
      },
      "expansion": "oní-",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        "Yoruba lemmas",
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        {
          "text": "oni- + ilé (“house”) → onílé (“landlord”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + adé (“crown”) → aládé (“royal, prince”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ìṣègùn (“medicine”) → oníṣègùn (“doctor”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ààfin (“palace”) → Aláàfin (“title of a king”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + oyè (“chieftaincy title”) → olóyè (“chief”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ẹmu (“palm wine”) → ẹlẹ́mu (“palm wine seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + ọmọ (“child”) → ọlọ́mọ (“parent”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + edé (“crayfish”) → elédé (“crayfish seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + uṣu (“yam”) → onúṣu (“yam seller”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "oni- + múrí méjì (“40 naira”) → onímúrí méjì (“that which is worth 40 naira”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a prefix (added to nouns to detail ownership or association to the noun)"
      ],
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          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abi-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "olí-"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ondo",
      "word": "lí-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oni-"
}