olukọ

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Yoruba

Etymology

From olù- (“non-productive agent prefix”) +‎ kọ́ (“to teach”), literally “the one who teaches”.

Pronunciation

Noun

olùkọ́

  1. teacher, professor, instructor
    Synonyms: olùkọ́ni, tíṣà
    Màmá mi kì í ṣe olùkọ.
    My mom is not a teacher.
    • 1993 November 24, Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, Jẹ́ K'Á Sọ Yorùbá [Let's Speak Yoruba], Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 257:
      Mo gbọ́ pé ẹ jẹ́ olùkọ́ ní Yunifásítì ti Ìbàdàn, ẹ sì ní ọmọ márùnún pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀ yín.
      I heard that you're a professor at the University of Ibadan and that you have five children with your husband.

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - olùkọ́ (“teacher”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÀoÌdóànítírhà
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupakọ́makọ́ma
UsẹnUsẹnakọ́nẹ
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọkwọ́-nẹ́kọ́
OlùkùmiUgbódùakọ̀wé
Proto-YorubaNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàolùkọ́
ÈkóÈkóolùkọ́
ÌbàdànÌbàdànolùkọ́
ÌlọrinÌlọrinolùkọ́
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAolùkọ́
Ìwàjówà LGAolùkọ́
Kájọlà LGAolùkọ́
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAolùkọ́
Ṣakí West LGAolùkọ́
Atisbo LGAolùkọ́
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAolùkọ́
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́olùkọ́
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàolùkọ́, olùkọ́ni, tíṣà, akọ́ni
Bɛ̀nɛ̀olùkɔ́, olùkɔ́ni, tíshà, akɔ́ni
Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàYàgbà East LGAolùkọ́, tíṣà
OwéKabbatísà
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaÌdàácàIgbó Ìdàácàolùkɔ́
Ifɛ̀Akpáréakɔ́nɛ
Atakpaméakɔ́nɛ
Tchettiakɔ́nɛ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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