uko
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Olukumi
Etymology
Compare with Èkìtì Yoruba èrèkò, Yoruba àsìkò, Igala ìkò
Pronunciation
Noun
ùkò
Derived terms
- ùkò úgwázú (“future”)
Swahili
Verb
uko
- second-person singular positive degree present of -wako (“you are (around there)”)
- m class(III)/u class(XI) positive degree present of -wako (“it is (around there)”)
Teanu
Etymology
From Proto-Vanikoro *ukə, from earlier *uk < *ut, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Pronunciation
Noun
uko
References
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry uko.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry uko.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Yoruboid *ù-kó, equivalent to ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kó (“to gather, to scoop up”). While in Standard Yoruba and Northwest Yoruba, the alternative form ìkó only translates to the beak of the bird (with the term ètè referring to the mammalian lip), in the Central and Southeast Yoruba dialects ùkó, it retains its general meaning as a term for the lip of any mammal and the beak of a bird. Compare with Igala ùkó (“lip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ùkó