"orukọ" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/ Forms: orúkọ [canonical]
Etymology: Compare with Olukumi órúkọ, Ifè ɛ́kọ, and possibly Igala ódú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú. Likely ultimately Westerman's reconstruction to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni, with a possible transition from /d/ to /r/ (unclear if this r is still the /ɾ/ flap/tap used in modern Yoruba). See reconstructed Proto-Yoruboid form for more cognates Etymology templates: {{cog|ulb|órúkọ}} Olukumi órúkọ, {{cog|ife|ɛ́kọ}} Ifè ɛ́kọ, {{cog|igl|ódú}} Igala ódú, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*ó-ɗú}} Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú, {{inh|yo|nic-vco-pro|*-ni}} Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=orúkọ|head2=}} orúkọ, {{yo-pos|noun|orúkọ|}} orúkọ, {{yo-noun|orúkọ}} orúkọ
  1. name Synonyms: àpèjẹ́
    Sense id: en-orukọ-yo-noun-gqNTf~Db Derived forms: dárúkọ (english: to name, to mention), kí ni orúkọ rẹ (english: what is your name), olórúkọ, orúkọ agbo-ilé, orúkọ ẹlẹ́yà, orúkọ ibáwáyé, orúkọ oríkì, orúkọ súná, orúkọ àbíkú, orúkọ àbísọ (english: first name, given name), orúkọ àdàpè, orúkọ àdájẹ́, orúkọ àfiṣáátá, orúkọ àlàjẹ́ (english: nickname), orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá, orúkọ àpèlé (english: epithet), orúkọ ènìyàn, orúkọ ìdílé [surname], orúkọ ìnagijẹ (english: alias), orúkọ ìsàmì (english: baptismal name), orúkọ ìwé, orúkọkórúkọ (english: any name, bad name), ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-afarajorúkọ (english: pronomial), ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátapadà [pronoun, reflexive], ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátẹnumọ́ [emphatic, pronoun], ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ [noun], ìsọmọlórúkọ (english: naming cerimony)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eríkọ (english: Owe), oúkọ (Ondo), ọrụ́kọ [Ekiti], ọrúkọ (Ifẹ)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ò.ɾú.kɔ̄/ Forms: òrúkọ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=òrúkọ|head2=}} òrúkọ, {{yo-pos|noun|òrúkọ|}} òrúkọ, {{yo-noun|òrúkọ}} òrúkọ
  1. Alternative form of òbúkọ (“billy, billy goat”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: òbúkọ (extra: billy, billy goat)
    Sense id: en-orukọ-yo-noun-XhiWMrV9 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eríkọ (english: Owe), oúkọ (Ondo), ọrụ́kọ [Ekiti], ọrúkọ (Ifẹ)
Etymology number: 2

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "oruncó",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: oruncó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: oruncó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luq",
            "2": "oruko"
          },
          "expansion": "Lucumí: oruko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lucumí: oruko"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "órúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi órúkọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "ɛ́kọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè ɛ́kọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ódú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ódú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ó-ɗú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "nic-vco-pro",
        "3": "*-ni"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Olukumi órúkọ, Ifè ɛ́kọ, and possibly Igala ódú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú. Likely ultimately Westerman's reconstruction to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni, with a possible transition from /d/ to /r/ (unclear if this r is still the /ɾ/ flap/tap used in modern Yoruba). See reconstructed Proto-Yoruboid form for more cognates",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orúkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
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        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "orúkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to name, to mention",
          "word": "dárúkọ"
        },
        {
          "english": "what is your name",
          "word": "kí ni orúkọ rẹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "olórúkọ"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ agbo-ilé"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ ẹlẹ́yà"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ ibáwáyé"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ oríkì"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ súná"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ àbíkú"
        },
        {
          "english": "first name, given name",
          "word": "orúkọ àbísọ"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ àdàpè"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ àdájẹ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ àfiṣáátá"
        },
        {
          "english": "nickname",
          "word": "orúkọ àlàjẹ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá"
        },
        {
          "english": "epithet",
          "word": "orúkọ àpèlé"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ ènìyàn"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "surname"
          ],
          "word": "orúkọ ìdílé"
        },
        {
          "english": "alias",
          "word": "orúkọ ìnagijẹ"
        },
        {
          "english": "baptismal name",
          "word": "orúkọ ìsàmì"
        },
        {
          "word": "orúkọ ìwé"
        },
        {
          "english": "any name, bad name",
          "word": "orúkọkórúkọ"
        },
        {
          "english": "pronomial",
          "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-afarajorúkọ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "pronoun",
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátapadà"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "emphatic",
            "pronoun"
          ],
          "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátẹnumọ́"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ"
        },
        {
          "english": "naming cerimony",
          "word": "ìsọmọlórúkọ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name"
      ],
      "id": "en-orukọ-yo-noun-gqNTf~Db",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àpèjẹ́"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Owe",
      "word": "eríkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ondo",
      "word": "oúkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "ọrụ́kọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ifẹ",
      "word": "ọrúkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orukọ"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òrúkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òrúkọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òrúkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òrúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "billy, billy goat",
          "word": "òbúkọ"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of òbúkọ (“billy, billy goat”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-orukọ-yo-noun-XhiWMrV9",
      "links": [
        [
          "òbúkọ",
          "obukọ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "billy",
          "billy"
        ],
        [
          "billy goat",
          "billy goat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɾú.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Owe",
      "word": "eríkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ondo",
      "word": "oúkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "ọrụ́kọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ifẹ",
      "word": "ọrúkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orukọ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Volta-Congo",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Volta-Congo",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to name, to mention",
      "word": "dárúkọ"
    },
    {
      "english": "what is your name",
      "word": "kí ni orúkọ rẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "olórúkọ"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ agbo-ilé"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ ẹlẹ́yà"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ ibáwáyé"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ oríkì"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ súná"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ àbíkú"
    },
    {
      "english": "first name, given name",
      "word": "orúkọ àbísọ"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ àdàpè"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ àdájẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ àfiṣáátá"
    },
    {
      "english": "nickname",
      "word": "orúkọ àlàjẹ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá"
    },
    {
      "english": "epithet",
      "word": "orúkọ àpèlé"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ ènìyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "orúkọ ìdílé"
    },
    {
      "english": "alias",
      "word": "orúkọ ìnagijẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "baptismal name",
      "word": "orúkọ ìsàmì"
    },
    {
      "word": "orúkọ ìwé"
    },
    {
      "english": "any name, bad name",
      "word": "orúkọkórúkọ"
    },
    {
      "english": "pronomial",
      "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-afarajorúkọ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronoun",
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátapadà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátẹnumọ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ"
    },
    {
      "english": "naming cerimony",
      "word": "ìsọmọlórúkọ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "oruncó",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: oruncó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: oruncó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luq",
            "2": "oruko"
          },
          "expansion": "Lucumí: oruko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lucumí: oruko"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "órúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi órúkọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "ɛ́kọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè ɛ́kọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ódú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ódú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ó-ɗú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "nic-vco-pro",
        "3": "*-ni"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Olukumi órúkọ, Ifè ɛ́kọ, and possibly Igala ódú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú. Likely ultimately Westerman's reconstruction to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni, with a possible transition from /d/ to /r/ (unclear if this r is still the /ɾ/ flap/tap used in modern Yoruba). See reconstructed Proto-Yoruboid form for more cognates",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orúkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "orúkọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "orúkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "orúkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àpèjẹ́"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Owe",
      "word": "eríkọ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ondo",
      "word": "oúkọ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "ọrụ́kọ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ifẹ",
      "word": "ọrúkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orukọ"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òrúkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òrúkọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òrúkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òrúkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "òrúkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "billy, billy goat",
          "word": "òbúkọ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of òbúkọ (“billy, billy goat”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "òbúkọ",
          "obukọ#Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "billy",
          "billy"
        ],
        [
          "billy goat",
          "billy goat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɾú.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Owe",
      "word": "eríkọ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ondo",
      "word": "oúkọ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "ọrụ́kọ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ifẹ",
      "word": "ọrúkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orukọ"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.