"ounjẹ" meaning in Yoruba

See ounjẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ō.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/ Forms: oúnjẹ [canonical]
Etymology: From ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”) Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|ohun|jíjẹ|t1=thing|t2=edible}} ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=oúnjẹ|head2=}} oúnjẹ, {{yo-pos|noun|oúnjẹ|}} oúnjẹ, {{yo-noun|oúnjẹ}} oúnjẹ
  1. food Derived forms: gbọ́únjẹ (english: to prepare food), oúnjẹ alẹ́ (english: supper, dinner), Oúnjẹ Alẹ́ Olúwa (english: Last Supper), oúnjẹ ọ̀sán (english: lunch), oúnjẹ àárọ̀ (english: breakfast)
    Sense id: en-ounjẹ-yo-noun-wfAmWC~m Categories (other): Ifè links with redundant alt parameters, Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters, Food and drink Synonyms: ìjẹ, Yoruba varieties and languages: oúnjẹview map [food, lifestyle], eíjẹ搥ÌlàjẹMahineíjẹ搥Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀eíjẹ搥UsẹnUsẹnijíjẹ搥ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọ̀jẹ̀搥Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥 (Ọ̀ghọ̀), ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́jị́jẹ搥, ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥, ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀jíjẹ搥Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàoúnjẹ搥ÈkóÈkóoúnjẹ搥ÌbàdànÌbàdànoúnjẹ搥ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràoúnjẹ搥Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbooúnjẹ搥ÌlọrinÌlọrinoúnjẹ搥Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́oúnjẹ搥Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàoúnjẹ搥 (Òsogbo), ìjẹ搥Bɛ̀nɛ̀oúnjɛ搥, ìjɛ搥Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbajíjẹ搥Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Tchettidzídzɛ搥 (Tsɛti, Cɛti), èsè搥, ìdzɛ搥Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms (Funṣọ Akere, 1977), especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ohun",
        "3": "jíjẹ",
        "t1": "thing",
        "t2": "edible"
      },
      "expansion": "ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oúnjẹ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "oúnjẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "oúnjẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oúnjẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Food and drink",
          "orig": "yo:Food and drink",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to prepare food",
          "word": "gbọ́únjẹ"
        },
        {
          "english": "supper, dinner",
          "word": "oúnjẹ alẹ́"
        },
        {
          "english": "Last Supper",
          "word": "Oúnjẹ Alẹ́ Olúwa"
        },
        {
          "english": "lunch",
          "word": "oúnjẹ ọ̀sán"
        },
        {
          "english": "breakfast",
          "word": "oúnjẹ àárọ̀"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food"
      ],
      "id": "en-ounjẹ-yo-noun-wfAmWC~m",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ìjẹ"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "food",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: oúnjẹview map"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
          "word": "eíjẹ搥ÌlàjẹMahineíjẹ搥Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀eíjẹ搥UsẹnUsẹnijíjẹ搥ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọ̀jẹ̀搥Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥"
        },
        {
          "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́jị́jẹ搥"
        },
        {
          "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Òsogbo",
          "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀jíjẹ搥Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàoúnjẹ搥ÈkóÈkóoúnjẹ搥ÌbàdànÌbàdànoúnjẹ搥ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràoúnjẹ搥Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbooúnjẹ搥ÌlọrinÌlọrinoúnjẹ搥Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́oúnjẹ搥Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàoúnjẹ搥"
        },
        {
          "word": "ìjẹ搥Bɛ̀nɛ̀oúnjɛ搥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
          "word": "ìjɛ搥Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbajíjẹ搥Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Tchettidzídzɛ搥"
        },
        {
          "word": "èsè搥"
        },
        {
          "word": "ìdzɛ搥Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
        },
        {
          "roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
          "word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
          "word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
        },
        {
          "word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
        },
        {
          "word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ounjẹ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to prepare food",
      "word": "gbọ́únjẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "supper, dinner",
      "word": "oúnjẹ alẹ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "Last Supper",
      "word": "Oúnjẹ Alẹ́ Olúwa"
    },
    {
      "english": "lunch",
      "word": "oúnjẹ ọ̀sán"
    },
    {
      "english": "breakfast",
      "word": "oúnjẹ àárọ̀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ohun",
        "3": "jíjẹ",
        "t1": "thing",
        "t2": "edible"
      },
      "expansion": "ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oúnjẹ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "oúnjẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "oúnjẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oúnjẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "oúnjẹ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba compound terms",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Yoruba nouns",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "yo:Food and drink"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ìjẹ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Yoruba varieties and languages: oúnjẹview map"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ọ̀ghọ̀",
      "word": "eíjẹ搥ÌlàjẹMahineíjẹ搥Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀eíjẹ搥UsẹnUsẹnijíjẹ搥ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọ̀jẹ̀搥Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥"
    },
    {
      "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́jị́jẹ搥"
    },
    {
      "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìjị́jẹ搥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Òsogbo",
      "word": "ụ̀jị́jẹ搥Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀jíjẹ搥Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàoúnjẹ搥ÈkóÈkóoúnjẹ搥ÌbàdànÌbàdànoúnjẹ搥ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràoúnjẹ搥Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbooúnjẹ搥ÌlọrinÌlọrinoúnjẹ搥Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́oúnjẹ搥Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàoúnjẹ搥"
    },
    {
      "word": "ìjẹ搥Bɛ̀nɛ̀oúnjɛ搥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
      "word": "ìjɛ搥Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbajíjẹ搥Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Tchettidzídzɛ搥"
    },
    {
      "word": "èsè搥"
    },
    {
      "word": "ìdzɛ搥Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
    },
    {
      "roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
      "word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
      "word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
    },
    {
      "word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
    },
    {
      "word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ounjẹ"
}

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