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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (yoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

yoni (plural yonis)

1. The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
   • 2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:

     Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.

   • 2001, David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford 2001, p. 205:

     In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.

   • 1997, David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, University of California 1997, p. 235:

     The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni.

Derived terms

• yonic
• yoni egg
• yoni massage

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?.ni/

Noun

yoni m (plural yonis)

1. yoni

Javanese

Romanization

yoni

1. Romanization of ?????

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

yoni ?

1. womb
2. origin

English

Etymology

From Japanese ? (oni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?o?ni?]
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

oni (plural onis or oni)

1. A Japanese evil spirit or demon.
   • 1908, Henri L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art: A Description of Historical Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folk-lore, Myths, Religious Symbolism, Illustrated in the Arts of Old Japan, page 263-264

     ONI ?. Generic name for devils, the representation of which in art is quite a common feature. Onis have claws, a square head with two horns, sharp teeth, and malignant eyes surmounted by big eyebrows; occasionally they wear trousers of tiger skin.

   • 1918, William Elliot Griffis, Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

     Across the ocean, in Japan, there once lived curious creatures called Onis. Every Japanese boy and girl has heard of them, though one has not often been caught.

   • 1979, Marian Ury, Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection, University of California Press, ?ISBN, page 147:

     "That's no human being playing the instrument," he thought in amazement. "It can only be an oni or some such being."

   • 1992, Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects: A Study on the Netsuke Themes with Reference to Their Interpretation and Symbolism, Böhlau Verlag Wien, ?ISBN, page 46:

     The standing Shoki holds with his left hand an oni on his leg.

   • 2005, Christopher Hart, Manga Mania Shoujo: How to Draw the Charming and Romantic Characters of Japanese Comics, ?ISBN, page 69

     This is actually a boy bishie in the form of an ogre. It's called an oni in Japanese. Onis have supernatural powers that can command the forces of nature such as wind (to create hurricanes) and lightning (to create thunderbolts).

   • 2011, Mike Shel, "Ecology of the Oni", Jade Regent: The Brinewall Legacy, Paizo Publishing, ?ISBN, page 69:

     The oni are a diverse group of evil spirits who take on the form of humanoid creatures so that they can enjoy the pleasures and vices of the flesh.

Anagrams

• -ino, -ion, Ion, NIO, NOI, ion

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oni, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ónos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??/

Pronoun

oni pl

1. they (third person personal masculine plural)

Dupaningan Agta

Interjection

oni

1. yes

Esperanto

Etymology

From French on or English one, plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oni/
• Hyphenation: o?ni
• Rhymes: -oni
• Audio:

Pronoun

oni (accusative onin, possessive onia)

1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one

Usage notes

• Comparable to the use of generic "you" in English (e.g. In America, you can do what you want).
• A sentence whose subject is "oni" can often be translated as an English sentence in the passive voice, for example: "Oni ofte referencas al Kimrio kiel la "lando de la kanto" can be translated as "Wales is often referred to as the "land of song"."

Descendants

• ? Ido: onu

Guinau

Noun

oni

1. water

References

• Alfred Russel Wallace, A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro
• Proceedings [of the] Philological Society, London, Volume 3

Japanese

Romanization

oni

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Lindu

Noun

oni

1. noise

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oni, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ónos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?i/

Pronoun

oni

1. they (third-person masculine personal nominative)

Declension

See also

• one
• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Further reading

• oni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oni, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ónos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ni/
• Hyphenation: o?ni

Pronoun

òni (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. they (nominative plural of ?n (“he”))

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oni, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ónos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i/

Pronoun

oni

1. they (third person, personal, m pl)

Related terms

• ja
• ty
• on ona ono
• my
• vy
• ony

Further reading

• oni in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ni/

Pronoun

óni

1. they (masculine plural, more than two)

Inflection

Forms between parentheses indicate clitic forms; the main forms are used for emphasis.

See also

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English honey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.ni/

Noun

oni

1. honey

Volapük

Pronoun

oni

1. accusative singular of on

Welsh

Alternative forms

• onid (used before a vowel)
• on' (colloquial, before a consonant), on'd (colloquial, before a vowel)

Etymology

o (“if”) +? ni (“not”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ni/

Conjunction

oni (triggers mixed mutation except of forms of bod)

1. unless

2. until

Synonyms

• (until): nes, hyd oni

Particle

oni (triggers mixed mutation)

1. used to introduce a negative question

2. (colloquial) used to form a tag question