ọni
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oni"
Yoruba
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Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Igala ọ̀nyẹ̀, Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-nɪ̃̀
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọ̀nì or ọ̀ni
- crocodile, specifically the Nile crocodile.
- Synonym: ẹlẹ́gungùn
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọ̀nì (“crocodile”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀nẹ̀ |
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọ̀nẹ̀ | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ọ̀nẹ̀ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọ̀nẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọ̀nẹ̀ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọ̀nẹ̀ | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ọ̀nẹ̀ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | agbákàrà | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹwuwu | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀ |
| Òdè Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀ | ||||
| Òmùò Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀ | ||||
| Awó Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀ | ||||
| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀ | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọ̀nị̀ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | ọ̀nì | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọ̀nì | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọ̀nì | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọ̀nì | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ọ̀nì | ||||
| Ìkirè | ọ̀nì | ||||
| Ìwó | ọ̀nì | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọ̀nì | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔ̀nì | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ọ̀nì | ||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | olóɖò | ||
| Atakpamɛ | olóɖò | ||||
| Est-Mono | olóɖò | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | olóɖò | ||||
| 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 (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, 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 2
[edit]Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ-nɪ̃
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọni
- (Ijebu, Ào, Owe) person, human being, one
- ikà à fẹ́ k'á rerù k'à sọ̀, orí ọni ní í sọni ― The wicked does not wish that we fully discharge our obligbations, only the spirit of one's head can make that possible (proverb on the ill-intention of man)
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹni (“person, one”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọni | |
| Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | ọnà | ||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ọnẹ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọni | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọni | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ọni | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọni | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọnẹ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọnẹ | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ọnẹ | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọnẹ | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ọnẹ, ẹnẹ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọnẹ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọnị |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọnị | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọnị | |||
| Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ọni | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹni | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹni | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ẹni | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹni | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹni | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹni | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹni | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹni | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ẹni | ||||
| Òkèhò | ẹni | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹni | ||||
| Ṣakí | ẹni | ||||
| Tedé | ẹni | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹni | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹni | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹni | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛni | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ọni | ||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɔni | |
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛnɛ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ɛnɛ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛnɛ | ||||
| Kura | Aledjo-Koura | ɛni | |||
| Awotébi | ɛni | ||||
| Partago | ɛni | ||||
| 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 (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, 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. | |||||