ọkọ

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Igala

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọ́kọ

husband
Antonym: ọ́yà
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
  Ọ́ ọ́kọ mi d'úkọ́lọ́
  My husband has gone to work

Adjective

ọ́kọ

(usually of an animal) male, masculine
Antonym: óle
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
  Àbùtá ọ́kọ
  Male lizard
(idiomatic, usually of an animal) big, strong, predatory

Derived terms

ọ́kọ-ẹla (“predator; predatory animal, carnivore”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ̀

Alternative forms

ọ́kọ́ọ̀

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ́kọ̀

vehicle

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Ọ̀kọ̀

Cognate with Yoruba ọ̀kùn. Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-kʊ̃̀, ultimately equivalent to *ɔ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *kʊ̃̀

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

millipede

Derived terms

ọ̀kọ̀-t'ọ́cha (“to be stubbornly persistent”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ́/

Noun

ọ́kọ́

money

Derived terms

n'ọkọ́ (“to be rich”)
ọ́kọ-ógwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“cowry shells used traditionally as money pre-colonially; money”)
ọ́kọ́-ajalu (“paper money”)
ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“tax”)
ọ́kọ́-ebíjè (“coins”)
ọ́kọ́-ipámúù (“pound sterling”)
ọ́kọ́-obì (“bribe; kickback”)
ọ́kọ́-ochù (“salary; wage”)
ọ́kọ́-íjẹ̀bú (“counterfeit coin”)
álu-ọkọ́ (“greed”)

References

John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Olukumi

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, Yoruba ọkọ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọkọ

husband

Derived terms

ọkọ titọn (“groom”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Yoruba ọkọ̀ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

vehicle

Derived terms

ọkọ̀ ómi (“boat”)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ́/

Noun

ọkọ́

hoe^[1]

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọkọ

husband^[2]
Antonyms: aya, abilékọ
dear, beloved
Synonym: ààyò

Etymology 3

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Urhobo okọ (“canoe; boat”), Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

Derived terms

adẹ́rùpọkọ̀ (“vehicle over-loader”)
atukọ̀ (“sailor”)
awakọ̀ (“driver”)
ọkọ̀ akérò (“public transport”)
ọkọ̀ ojú irin (“train”)
ọkọ̀ ojú omi (“boat”)
ọkọ̀ òfuurufú (“airplane”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

Persicaria senegalensis (syn. Polygonum senegalense)

Etymology 5

Cognate with Igala ọ̀kwọ̀

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

spear, lance

References

^ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233
^ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233

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