"owo ẹyọ" meaning in Yoruba

See owo ẹyọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ō.wó ɛ̄.jɔ̄/ Forms: owó ẹyọ [canonical], owó-ẹyọ [alternative], ẹyọ-owó [alternative], ẹyọwó [alternative]
Etymology: From owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, compare with Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́. Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|owó|ẹyọ|lit=One cowry, One coin|t1=cowry, coin|t2=one unit}} owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, {{cog|igl|ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́}} Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́ Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=owó ẹyọ|head2=}} owó ẹyọ, {{yo-pos|noun|owó ẹyọ|}} owó ẹyọ, {{yo-noun|owó ẹyọ}} owó ẹyọ
  1. cowries, as a form of currency
    Sense id: en-owo_ẹyọ-yo-noun-8c-MW9PV Categories (other): Money Disambiguation of Money: 100 0
  2. coins, loose change
    Sense id: en-owo_ẹyọ-yo-noun-9oyskBUG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ètò ẹyọ-owó (english: coinage)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coinage",
      "word": "ètò ẹyọ-owó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "owó",
        "3": "ẹyọ",
        "lit": "One cowry, One coin",
        "t1": "cowry, coin",
        "t2": "one unit"
      },
      "expansion": "owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, compare with Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "owó ẹyọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owó-ẹyọ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹyọ-owó",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹyọwó",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "owó ẹyọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "owó ẹyọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "owó ẹyọ"
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Money",
          "orig": "yo:Money",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cowries, as a form of currency"
      ],
      "id": "en-owo_ẹyọ-yo-noun-8c-MW9PV",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowries",
          "cowries"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coins, loose change"
      ],
      "id": "en-owo_ẹyọ-yo-noun-9oyskBUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "coins",
          "coins"
        ],
        [
          "loose change",
          "loose change"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.wó ɛ̄.jɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "owo ẹyọ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba compound terms",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba multiword terms",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Money"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "coinage",
      "word": "ètò ẹyọ-owó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "owó",
        "3": "ẹyọ",
        "lit": "One cowry, One coin",
        "t1": "cowry, coin",
        "t2": "one unit"
      },
      "expansion": "owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, compare with Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "owó ẹyọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owó-ẹyọ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹyọ-owó",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ẹyọwó",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "owó ẹyọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "owó ẹyọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "owó ẹyọ"
      },
      "expansion": "owó ẹyọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowries, as a form of currency"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowries",
          "cowries"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "coins, loose change"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coins",
          "coins"
        ],
        [
          "loose change",
          "loose change"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ō.wó ɛ̄.jɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "owo ẹyọ"
}

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