akukọ
Yoruba
Àkùkọ
Alternative forms
- àìkọ
- àkụ̀kọ (Ekiti)
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, cognate with Igala àìkọ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, Edo ọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly to Proto-Bantu *nkókó, of onomatopeic origin. See Akan akokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.kù.kɔ̄/
Noun
àkùkọ
- rooster
- Synonym: àkùkọdiẹ
Coordinate terms
- àgbébọ̀ (“hen”)
- abo adìyẹ (“hen”)
- obídìẹ (“hen”)
Derived terms
- ogbe àkùkọ (“cockscomb”)
- ewu-àkùkọ
- àkùkọ gàgàrà
Related terms
- adìẹ (“chicken”)