Oṇi (m. or f.) [cp. Vedic oṇi charge, or a kind of Soma vessel] charge, only in cpd. oṇi -- rakkha a keeper of entrusted wares, bailee Vin iii.47, 53 (= āhaṭaŋ bhaṇḍaŋ gopento).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

oṇí m. (or f. ?) protection (from misfortune), shelter [Sāy.] RV. i, 61, 14

• (ī), m. (or f. ?) du. 'the two protectors', the parents RV. ix, 101, 14

• (metaphorically) heaven and earth RV. ix, 16, 1 ; 65, 11 AV. vii, 14, 1 (=VS. iv, 25)

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William