Meaning of oni- | Babel Free

Definitions

a prefix (added to nouns to detail ownership or association to the noun)

morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“oni- + ilé (“house”) → onílé (“landlord”)”

“oni- + adé (“crown”) → aládé (“royal, prince”)”

“oni- + ìṣègùn (“medicine”) → oníṣègùn (“doctor”)”

“oni- + ààfin (“palace”) → Aláàfin (“title of a king”)”

“oni- + oyè (“chieftaincy title”) → olóyè (“chief”)”

“oni- + ẹmu (“palm wine”) → ẹlẹ́mu (“palm wine seller”)”

“oni- + ọmọ (“child”) → ọlọ́mọ (“parent”)”

“oni- + edé (“crayfish”) → elédé (“crayfish seller”)”

“oni- + uṣu (“yam”) → onúṣu (“yam seller”)”

“oni- + múrí méjì (“40 naira”) → onímúrí méjì (“that which is worth 40 naira”)”

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