oni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oni"

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Symbol

oni

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Onin.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Onin terms

English

Etymology

From Japanese 鬼 (oni).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊni

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, pages 263–264:

     ONI 鬼. 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”, in 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

• NOI, ion, Ino, Ion, -ion, NIO, -ino

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech oni, from Proto-Slavic *oni, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoɲɪ]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

oni m anim pl

1. they (third person personal masculine animate plural)

Declension

Declension of oni (pl-only masculine animate pronoun)

	plural
nominative	oni
genitive	jich, nich1
dative	jim, nim1
accusative	je, ně1
vocative	—
locative	nich1
instrumental	jimi, nimi1

¹After a preposition.

Derived terms

• onikat

Related terms

Czech personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		já	my
2nd person	familiar	ty	vy
	polite	vy
3rd person	m	on	oni1
	f	ona	ony
	n	ono	ona
reflexive		sebe, se (clitic)

¹ animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

Pronoun

oni

1. nominative animate masculine plural of onen

Dupaningan Agta

Interjection

oni

1. yes