ẹka

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eka"

Yoruba

Ẹkà

Alternative forms

ọkà

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igbo ọkà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kà/

Noun

ẹkà

(Ekiti) corn, maize
Synonyms: àgbàdo, yangan, eginrin, eginrin àgbàdo, ẹlẹ́pà, ìjẹ́rẹ́

Etymology 2

Ẹ̀ka igi

Likely a Doublet of ìka

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kā/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

branch, offshoot
Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ẹtún

igi náàá pẹ̀ka ― The tree has developed branches
(by extension) department, unit, section
Synonym: apá
(by extension, linguistics) dialect
Synonym: ẹ̀ka-èdè
type
Synonym: irú

Derived terms

ẹlẹ́ka-èdè-méjì (“bidialectal”)
ẹlẹ́kajẹ̀ka (“something that is interdepartmental”)
ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀kọ́ (“academic department”)
ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀yà (“sub-type”)
ẹ̀ka-àkọlé (“subtitle”)

Etymology 3

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to read, to recite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kà/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge

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