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Etymology

From Yoruba ìrókò.

Noun

iroko (countable and uncountable, plural irokos)

  1. A hardwood obtained from several African trees, especially of the species Milicia excelsa.
    iroko（#1）
  2. The tree itself.

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Japanese

Romanization

iroko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いろこ

Yoruba

Ìrókò

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìrókò

  1. iroko, African teak, Nigerian teak, rock elm (Milicia excelsa syn. Chlorophora excelsa); regarded as a sacred tree by the Yoruba people.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hausa: loko
  • → Nupe: ròókò
  • → Edo: uloko
  • → English: iroko
  • → Japanese: イロコ

References

  1. ^ Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, Language, and the African Past, p. 201. Lanham and New York and Toronto and Oxford: AltaMira Press.
  2. ^ Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí (2015). Orature and Yorùbá Riddles, p. 240. New York, NY: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN. DOI 10.1057/9781137502636
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Doris, David T. (2011). Vigilant Things: On Thieves, Yoruba Anti-Aesthetics, and The Strange Fates of Ordinary Objects in Nigeria, p. 224. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. →ISBN
  4. ^ Ojuade, Jeleel O. (2011). "African Dance in Diaspora: The Examples of Nigerian Yoruba bàtá and dùndún," p. 389. In Kene Igweonu (ed.), Trends in Twenty-first Century African Theatre and Performance, pp. 385–406. Amsterdam and New York, NY: Rodopi.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Abiodun, Rowland (2014). Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art, p. 322. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  6. ^ Faleti, Ayo (2011). Yoruba Proverbs and Their Contexts: A Simplication, p. 206. Lulu. →ISBN
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