ọkan

See also: okan, Okan, and okán

Yoruba

FWOTD – 25 September 2021

Etymology 1

**Yoruba numbers ^(edit)**
		10
	← 0	1	2 →	10 →
Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení Counting: oókan Adjectival: kan, méní Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-wóka̰. Likely cognates include Igala ókà, Ifè kã̀, Isekiri ọkan, and Olukumi ọ̀kan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kã̄/

Numeral

ọ̀kan

one
Fún mi ní ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹja yẹn.
Give me one of those fish.
- 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:
  Àtowóolówó àtowó-ẹni, kí ọ̀kan ṣáà má ti wọ́nni níbẹ̀.
  Both somebody else's money and personal money, may we not lack whichever one (proverb on a final resort).
Synonym: ení

Alternative forms

ìkan

Derived terms

kan (“one, adjectival form of ọ̀kan”)
Mẹ́talọ́kan (“Holy Trinity”)
oókan (“one, counting form of ọ̀kan”)
ọ̀kankọ́kan (“any particular one”)
ọ̀kàn-ọ̀kán-yà (“minimal pair”)
ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan (“each or every one”)
ọlọ́kan (“owner of one”)

Descendants

→ Lucumi: okán

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kã̄/

Noun

ọ̀kan

Sorindeia juglandifolia

Etymology 3

ọkàn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kã̀/

Noun

ọkàn

physical heart
Synonym: ẹ̀dọ̀
Ọkàn rẹ̀ ń lù pupuupu.
Her heart was beating very quickly.
- 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:
  Àrùn ọkàn ń dààmú-un wọn.
  They were suffering [from] a heart disease.
mind, psychological heart
Mo ní in lọ́kàn pé mo máa lọ sí Ìbàdàn láti rí ọ̀rẹ́ mi.
I had it in mind that I would go to Ibadan to see my friend.
- 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:
  Ẹ̀rí ọkàn yóò máà jẹ́ wọn lọ títí láé.
  Their conscience will continue to prick them forever.
bravery
- 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:
  Ọkùnrin yìí lọ́kàn láti dúró de ẹkùn
  This man was courageous to have stood in the way of a tiger.
Synonyms: àyà, ìgboyà
thought
Ọkàn gbọgbẹ́
To be very depressed
- 1997, Michika, Sachnine, Dictionnaire usuel yorùbá-français suivi d'un index français-yorùbá (in French), Ibadan, Nigeria: Éditions Karthala and IFRA-Ibadan, →ISBN, page 220:
  Ọkàn mi wà ní ibòmíràn.
  My thoughts are elsewhere.

Derived terms

ajẹmọ́-ìṣẹ́-ọkàn (“psychological”)

Descendants

→ Lucumi: okán

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kã̄/

Noun

ọkan

Uapaca guineensis (red-cedar, rikio, sugar-plum)

Etymology 5

ọkan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kã̄/

Noun

ọkan

Cylicodiscus gabunensis, a mimosa-like tree

Etymology 6

ọkán

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kã́/

Noun

ọkán

Kinkeliba, of west Africa, a shrub with leaves used in traditional medicine.

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, issue LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN
Gbile, Z. O. (1984) Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Michika, Sachnine (1997) Dictionnaire usuel yorùbá-français suivi d'un index français-yorùbá (in French), Ibadan, Nigeria: Éditions Karthala and IFRA-Ibadan, →ISBN, page 220
Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997) Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 774