obìnrin
noun
/ō.bĩ̀.ɾĩ̄/
Definitions
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woman, female
bí ọkùnrín bá rí ejò, tí obìnrin sì pa á, kò burú; kí ejò ṣáà má ti lọ If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape
-
wife
èyí t'ó wù ẹ́ kò wù mí ni kò jẹ́ k'á pawó pọ̀ láti fẹ́ obìnrin What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife
Etymology
Etymology is uncertain, several linguistic hypotheses exist. It is proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃, this form still exists in Central Yoruba dialects. Akinkugbe suggests it may be equivalent to abo (“female”) + ẹni (“person”). The consonant /b/ exists in several basic female words, including òbò (“vagina”), abo (“female”).
Component words
abofemale
ẹniperson
2 entries are spelled “ẹni”. The etymology calls it “person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹni
person, one
ẹni
our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
Dialectal synonyms “woman” 51 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- obìnrẹn
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- obìrẹnobìnrẹn
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- obìrẹnobìnrẹn
- Ìkòròdú
- obìrẹnobìnrẹn
- Ṣágámù
- obìrẹnobìnrẹn
- Òkìtìpupa
- obìnrẹn
- Mahin
- obìrẹn
- Oǹdó
- obìẹn
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- obìnrẹn
- Usẹn
- obìrẹn
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- onobìrẹn
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- obìnrẹn
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọbị̀nrịnọbụ̀rịn
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọbị̀nrịnọbụ̀rịn
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọbị̀nrịnọbụ̀rịn
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- obìnrin
- Ìjàká
- obìnrẹn
- Èkó
- obìnrin
- Ìbàdàn
- obìnrin
- Igbó Òrà
- obìnrin
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- obìnrin
- Ìlọrin
- obìnrin
- Òtù
- obìnrin
- Ìwéré Ilé
- obìnrin
- Òkèhò
- obìnrin
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- obìnrin
- Ṣakí
- obìnrin
- Tedé
- obìnrin
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- obìnrin
- Ọ̀yọ́
- obìnrin
- Nàìjíríà
- obìnrin
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- obìnrin
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- óbùnrin
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- obìin
- Tchaourou
- obìin
- Baàtɛ
- obìin
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- olobìnrin
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- obirɛn
- Onigbolo
- obìnrɛn
- Kétu
- obìnrin
- Akpáré
- ɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃ɔbĩrĩ
- Atakpamɛ
- onɛbùɛ̃ɔlɔbìrĩ
- Boko
- onɛ̃bìrɛ̃
- Moretan
- onõbɛ̃rɛ̃
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔnɔbɛ̃̀ɛ̃
- Awotébi
- ɔ́gbɛ́rɛ́
- Partago
- ɔnɔbrɛ̃
- Kandi
- inã́ábo
- Kambole
- ɔɡuɛ̃
- Manigri
- obùɛ
Overseas Yoruba
- Havana
- obiní
Used in
ẹ̀kọ́ àìsàn-obìnrinẹrúbìnrinìmọ̀ ìtọ́jú ẹ̀yà-ara-obìnrinìnífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrinnounìránṣẹ́bìnrinonífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrinnounọbabìnrinọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lóbìnrinọmọbìnrinọmọdébìnrin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “obinrin”.
Reference:
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