onile

Yoruba

Etymology

From oní- (“the one who has”) +‎ ilé (“house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.nĩ́.lé/

Noun

onílé

1. landlord

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - onílé (“landlord”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	olúlí
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	olúlé
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	olúlé
				Ìkòròdú	olúlé
				Ṣágámù	olúlé
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	olúlí
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	olúlí
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	olúlí
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	olúlí
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ẹnónulẹ́
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	olúlé
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	olúlé
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	olúlé
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	onílé
		Èkó		Èkó	onílé
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	onílé
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	onílé
		Oǹkó		Òtù	onílé
				Ìwéré Ilé	onílé
				Òkèhò	onílé
				Ìsẹ́yìn	onílé
				Ṣakí	onílé
				Tedé	onílé
				Ìgbẹ́tì	onílé
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	onílé
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	onílé
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	onílé
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	olúlé
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.