Onin.²

Brit.

/ˈəʊni/, U.S.

/ˈoʊni/, West African English

/ˈooni/

Forms: 1900s– Oni, 1900s– Ooni. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Yoruba. Etymon: Yoruba ọ́ọ̀ni.

Etymology: < Yoruba ọ́ọ̀ni.

(The title of) the traditional ruler of Ife, a large town in Oyo State, western Nigeria.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific Nigerian ruler

Oba1852

Alafin1874

Oni1900

obi1932

1900 Niger & Yoruba Notes Sept. 19/1 The Oni of Ile Ife..granted..a desirable plot of ground for the Mission premises.

1937 Nigeria xii. 4 The earliest Onis of Ife were reputed to have reigned each for as long as 200 or more years.

1974 J. R. Baker Race xxi. 412 Most of the Ife bronzes are in the Oni's palace.

2003 Africa News (Nexis) 11 Aug. The former minister had to be smuggled out by the palace guards of the Oni.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† Oniv.

Forms: 1700s oni, 1700s o'ni, 1700s O'ni'.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: O. Ni. phr.

Etymology: < O. Ni. phr. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ō^u·ni) /ˈəʊnɪ/.

Obsolete.

transitive. To mark with the abbreviation ‘O. Ni’; to charge to the sheriff.

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a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) ii. 13 The Sheriff was o' ni'd on his Account, and shewed the Book of the Clerk of the Pells in his Discharge.

a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) vii. 116 (margin) Rent paid on Tally, to be Onied.

a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) x. 149 The Sheriff pays in Proffers to the Value of the County Rents, because these he must Tot or O'ni' before the Cursitor Baron.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	oni
释义	Onin.² Brit. /ˈəʊni/, U.S. /ˈoʊni/, West African English /ˈooni/ Forms: 1900s– Oni, 1900s– Ooni. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Yoruba. Etymon: Yoruba ọ́ọ̀ni. Etymology: < Yoruba ọ́ọ̀ni. (The title of) the traditional ruler of Ife, a large town in Oyo State, western Nigeria. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific Nigerian ruler Oba1852 Alafin1874 Oni1900 obi1932 1900 Niger & Yoruba Notes Sept. 19/1 The Oni of Ile Ife..granted..a desirable plot of ground for the Mission premises. 1937 Nigeria xii. 4 The earliest Onis of Ife were reputed to have reigned each for as long as 200 or more years. 1974 J. R. Baker Race xxi. 412 Most of the Ife bronzes are in the Oni's palace. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 11 Aug. The former minister had to be smuggled out by the palace guards of the Oni. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Oniv. Forms: 1700s oni, 1700s o'ni, 1700s O'ni'. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: O. Ni. phr. Etymology: < O. Ni. phr. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ō^u·ni) /ˈəʊnɪ/. Obsolete. transitive. To mark with the abbreviation ‘O. Ni’; to charge to the sheriff. ΚΠ a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) ii. 13 The Sheriff was o' ni'd on his Account, and shewed the Book of the Clerk of the Pells in his Discharge. a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) vii. 116 (margin) Rent paid on Tally, to be Onied. a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) x. 149 The Sheriff pays in Proffers to the Value of the County Rents, because these he must Tot or O'ni' before the Cursitor Baron. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.²1900v.a1726
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