See oṣupa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"1": "luq",
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},
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],
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]
},
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
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"lang_code": "yo",
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"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
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"source": "w"
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{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lucumí links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mokole links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"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": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Celestial bodies",
"orig": "yo:Celestial bodies",
"parents": [
"Space",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "Venus",
"word": "ajá òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "moonlight games",
"word": "eré òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "a type of fish",
"word": "ẹja òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "full moon",
"word": "òṣùpá àrànmọ́jú"
},
{
"english": "blood moon",
"word": "òṣùpádẹ̀jẹ̀"
}
],
"glosses": [
"moon"
],
"id": "en-oṣupa-yo-noun-nni0PqAO",
"links": [
[
"moon",
"moon"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oṣù"
},
{
"english": "moon",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - òṣùpáview map"
},
{
"word": "òsùpá楸ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹùrànṣù楸"
},
{
"word": "ọlọ́rọn楸"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ọnọ́rọn楸OlùkùmiUgbódùosù楸Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Òdè Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Òmùò Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Awó Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ọ̀ṣùpá楸Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóòṣùpá楸Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàòṣùpá楸Ìgbẹsàòṣùpá楸Ọ̀tàòṣùpá楸Agégeòṣùpá楸Ìlogbò Erémiòṣùpá楸Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaòṣùpá楸Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròòṣùpá楸Igbógilaòṣùpá楸Ìjàkáòṣùpá楸Ìlaròóòṣùpá楸Ìṣàwọ́njọòṣùpá楸ÈkóÈkóòṣùpá楸ÌbàdànÌbàdànòsùpá楸ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràòsùpá楸Èrúwàòsùpá楸Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboòsùpá楸Ọ̀fàòsùpá楸ÌlọrinÌlọrinòsùpá楸OǹkóÒtùòchùpá楸Ìwéré Iléòchùpá楸Òkèhòòṣùpá楸Ìsẹ́yìnòṣùpá楸Ṣakíòṣùpá楸Tedéòṣùpá楸Ìgbẹ́tìòṣùpá楸Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́òsùpá楸Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́òsùpá楸Ìkirèòsùpá楸Ìwóòsùpá楸Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàòṣùpá楸Bɛ̀nɛ̀òshùkpá楸Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaòsùpà楸Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeòtsùkpá楸Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́òcùkpá楸Tchaourouòcùkpá楸ǸcàBaàtɛòshùkpá楸"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "òcùkpá楸ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàòshù楸"
},
{
"roman": "Glazwé",
"word": "òcù楸Gbómìnàòshù楸"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "òcù楸Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́òshùkpá楸Ọ̀húnbẹ́òṣùpá楸Onigboloòshùkpá楸Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráòṣùpá楸Ìdọ̀fàòṣùpá楸Ìmẹ̀kọòṣùpá楸Ìwòyè Kétuòṣùpá楸Kétuòshùkpá楸Ifɛ̀Akpáréòtsùkpá楸Atakpamɛòtsùkpá楸Bokoòtsùkpá楸Est-Monoòtsùkpá楸Moretanòtsùkpá楸Tchettiòtsùkpá楸Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandicukpá楸Kpɛdɛcukpá楸Northern NagoKamboleòsùkpá楸Manigriòsùkpá楸Southern NagoÌsakétéòshùkpá楸楸Ìfànyìnòshùkpá楸楸Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaochukuá楸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": [
{
"other": "/ò.ʃù.k͡pá/"
},
{
"other": "/ō.ʃù.k͡pá/"
}
],
"word": "oṣupa"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "Venus",
"word": "ajá òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "moonlight games",
"word": "eré òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "a type of fish",
"word": "ẹja òṣùpá"
},
{
"english": "full moon",
"word": "òṣùpá àrànmọ́jú"
},
{
"english": "blood moon",
"word": "òṣùpádẹ̀jẹ̀"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "luq",
"2": "ochukuá"
},
"expansion": "Lucumí: ochukuá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lucumí: ochukuá"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yor-pro",
"3": "*ɔ̀-cʊ̀kpá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *ɔ̀-cʊ̀kpá",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "alv-yrd-pro",
"2": "*ó-cù",
"3": "*kpá",
"nocat": "1",
"t1": "moon"
},
"expansion": "*ó-cù (“moon”) + *kpá",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "o-",
"3": "ṣù",
"4": "pá",
"id1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t1": "nominalizing prefix",
"t2": "to be round"
},
"expansion": "o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to be round”) + pá",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "oṣù"
},
"expansion": "Yoruba oṣù",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Yoruba *ɔ̀-cʊ̀kpá, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-cù (“moon”) + *kpá, equivalent to o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣù (“to be round”) + pá. pá could perhaps refer to the shining of the moon or the clearness of the moon when it is full. Compare with Yoruba oṣù",
"forms": [
{
"form": "òṣùpá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "oṣùpá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "òṣùpá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "òṣùpá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "òṣùpá",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "òṣùpá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "òṣùpá"
},
"expansion": "òṣùpá",
"name": "yo-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "oṣùpá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "oṣùpá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "oṣùpá",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "oṣùpá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oṣùpá"
},
"expansion": "oṣùpá",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Lucumí links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Mokole links with redundant alt parameters",
"Olukumi 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 derived from Proto-Yoruba",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms prefixed with o- (nominalizing prefix)",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Celestial bodies"
],
"glosses": [
"moon"
],
"links": [
[
"moon",
"moon"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oṣù"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "/ò.ʃù.k͡pá/"
},
{
"other": "/ō.ʃù.k͡pá/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "moon",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - òṣùpáview map"
},
{
"word": "òsùpá楸ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹùrànṣù楸"
},
{
"word": "ọlọ́rọn楸"
},
{
"roman": "Ìcà, Ìncà",
"word": "ọnọ́rọn楸OlùkùmiUgbódùosù楸Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Òdè Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Òmùò Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Awó Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀ṣụ̀pá楸Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ọ̀ṣùpá楸Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóòṣùpá楸Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàòṣùpá楸Ìgbẹsàòṣùpá楸Ọ̀tàòṣùpá楸Agégeòṣùpá楸Ìlogbò Erémiòṣùpá楸Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaòṣùpá楸Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròòṣùpá楸Igbógilaòṣùpá楸Ìjàkáòṣùpá楸Ìlaròóòṣùpá楸Ìṣàwọ́njọòṣùpá楸ÈkóÈkóòṣùpá楸ÌbàdànÌbàdànòsùpá楸ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràòsùpá楸Èrúwàòsùpá楸Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboòsùpá楸Ọ̀fàòsùpá楸ÌlọrinÌlọrinòsùpá楸OǹkóÒtùòchùpá楸Ìwéré Iléòchùpá楸Òkèhòòṣùpá楸Ìsẹ́yìnòṣùpá楸Ṣakíòṣùpá楸Tedéòṣùpá楸Ìgbẹ́tìòṣùpá楸Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́òsùpá楸Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́òsùpá楸Ìkirèòsùpá楸Ìwóòsùpá楸Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàòṣùpá楸Bɛ̀nɛ̀òshùkpá楸Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaòsùpà楸Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeòtsùkpá楸Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́òcùkpá楸Tchaourouòcùkpá楸ǸcàBaàtɛòshùkpá楸"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "òcùkpá楸ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàòshù楸"
},
{
"roman": "Glazwé",
"word": "òcù楸Gbómìnàòshù楸"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "òcù楸Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́òshùkpá楸Ọ̀húnbẹ́òṣùpá楸Onigboloòshùkpá楸Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráòṣùpá楸Ìdọ̀fàòṣùpá楸Ìmẹ̀kọòṣùpá楸Ìwòyè Kétuòṣùpá楸Kétuòshùkpá楸Ifɛ̀Akpáréòtsùkpá楸Atakpamɛòtsùkpá楸Bokoòtsùkpá楸Est-Monoòtsùkpá楸Moretanòtsùkpá楸Tchettiòtsùkpá楸Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandicukpá楸Kpɛdɛcukpá楸Northern NagoKamboleòsùkpá楸Manigriòsùkpá楸Southern NagoÌsakétéòshùkpá楸楸Ìfànyìnòshùkpá楸楸Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaochukuá楸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": "oṣupa"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yoruba dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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.