iroko

iroko

English

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.
   

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2. The tree itself.
   • 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 15:

     I was stuck high in the giant iroko tree that grew in the center of town.

Translations

hardwood obtained from several trees of the genus Chlorophora

Japanese: イロコ (ja) (iroko)

Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)

Akan: odum Baoule: ala Dan: %3Dgöö- Duala: baṅ Edo: uloko Ewondo: abaṅ Hausa: loko Igala: ùlókóò Japanese: イロコ (ja) (iroko) Luguru: mvule Luo: olua, olwa Nawdm: tumb Nupe: ròókò Oromo: mvule (Waata) Swahili: mvule (Kenya, Tanzania) Taveta: mvure Yombe: nkambala (Congo) Yoruba: ìrókò

Anagrams

• Koori, koori

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Japanese

Romanization

iroko

1. Rōmaji transcription of いろこ

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Yoruba

Ìrókò

Alternative forms

• ùrókò (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾó.kò/

Noun

ìrókò

1. iroko, African teak, Nigerian teak, rock elm (Milicia excelsa[1] syn. Chlorophora excelsa[2][3][4]);[5] regarded as a sacred tree by the Yoruba people.[5][3]

Derived terms

• Ìrókò (“The spirit believed to reside in iroko trees”)
• ọmọdé bú ìrókò ó bojú wo ẹ̀yìn; ó ti gbàgbé pé olúwere kìí pa ẹni lóòjọ́ (proverb)[6]

Descendants

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

References

• Milicia+excelsa at The Plant List

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. 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. 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