iyekan
Yoruba
Etymology
From iye (“mother”) + ọ̀kan (“one”), literally “one mother”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.jè.kã̄/
Noun
iyèkan
- maternal half sibling (sibling of the same mother but a different father)
- Synonyms: omiye, ọmọ-ìyá
Coordinate terms
- ọbàkan (“paternal half sibling”)