kẹkẹ
Yoruba
![](Images/wiktionary/Black-tailed_Mongoose_(Herpestes_sanguineus)_(51886003417).jpg.webp)
Kẹ́kẹ́
![](Images/wiktionary/Rusty-spotted_Genet_(Genetta_maculata)_(46892105071).jpg.webp)
Kẹ́kẹ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/
Noun
kẹ́kẹ́
- mongoose, genet
- Synonym: kẹ́kẹ́-wàá
Etymology 2
![](Images/wiktionary/Mongoose_bicycle_in_Mexico.jpg.webp)
Kẹ̀kẹ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ́/
Noun
kẹ̀kẹ́
- bicycle, cart, carriage
- Synonyms: básíkùlù, básíkù
Related terms
- ọkọ̀ (“vehicle”)
Descendedants
- → Nupe: kèké, kyàkyá
- → Edo: ikẹkẹ
Etymology 3
Noun sense derives from ideophone sense
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̄.kɛ̄/
Ideophone
kẹkẹ
- of a ticking sound (for example, of a clock)
Noun
kẹkẹ
- second
- Synonym: ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/
Noun
kẹ́kẹ́
- A type of Yoruba tribal scarification, characterized by being much more bolder, in comparison to the gọ̀m̀bọ́. They are mainly adorned by the Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́
- Synonym: gọ̀m̀bọ́.
Further reading
- Dingemanse, Mark. The Body in Yorùbá:A Linguistic Study , 2006
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/
Ideophone
kẹ́kẹ́
- of a high-pitched cackling sound
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ̀/
Ideophone
kẹ̀kẹ̀
- (of an object) splitting wide open
- (of an object) running in a spread out posture