ọkọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oko"
Igala
Etymology 1
Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̄/
Noun
ọ́kọ
- husband
- Antonym: ọ́yà
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- Ọ́ ọ́kọ mi d'úkọ́lọ́
- My husband has gone to work
Adjective
ọ́kọ
- (usually of an animal) male, masculine
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- Àbùtá ọ́kọ
- Male lizard
- Antonym: óle
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- (idiomatic, usually of an animal) big, strong, predatory
Derived terms
- ọ́kọ-ẹla (“predator; predatory animal, carnivore”)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ̀
Alternative forms
- ọ́kọ́ọ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̀/
Noun
ọ́kọ̀
- vehicle
Derived terms
- ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“train”)
- ọ́kọ́-ejóomi (“ship, boat”)
- ọ́kọ́-ikẹdẹ (“canoe”)
- ọ́kọ́-ojáalè (“airplane”)
Etymology 3
Ọ̀kọ̀
Cognate with Yoruba ọ̀kùn. Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-kʊ̃̀, ultimately equivalent to *ɔ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *kʊ̃̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/
Noun
ọ̀kọ̀
- millipede
Derived terms
- ọ̀kọ̀-t'ọ́cha (“to be stubbornly persistent”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ́/
Noun
ọ́kọ́
- money
Derived terms
- álu-ọkọ́ (“greed”)
- n'ọkọ́ (“to be rich”)
- ọ́kọ́-ajalu (“paper money”)
- ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“tax”)
- ọ́kọ́-ebíjè (“coins”)
- ọ́kọ́-íjẹ̀bú (“counterfeit coin”)
- ọ́kọ́-ipámúù (“pound sterling”)
- ọ́kọ́-obì (“bribe; kickback”)
- ọ́kọ́-ochù (“salary; wage”)
- ọ́kọ-ógwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“cowry shells used traditionally as money pre-colonially; money”)
References
- John Idakwoji (February 12, 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ́/
Noun
ọkọ́
- hoe[1]
Etymology 2
Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/
Noun
ọkọ
- husband[2]
- Antonyms: aya, abilekọ
- dear, beloved
- Synonym: ààyò
Etymology 3
Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Urhobo okọ (“canoe; boat”), Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/
Noun
ọkọ̀
- vehicle
- vessel
Derived terms
- adẹ́rùpọkọ̀ (“vehicle over-loader”)
- atukọ̀ (“sailor”)
- awakọ̀ (“driver”)
- ọkọ̀ akérò (“public transport”)
- ọkọ̀ òfuurufú (“airplane”)
- ọkọ̀ ojú irin (“train”)
- ọkọ̀ ojú omi (“boat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/
Noun
ọkọ̀
- Persicaria senegalensis (syn. Polygonum senegalense)
Etymology 5
Cognate with Igala ọ̀kwọ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/
Noun
ọ̀kọ̀
- spear, lance
References
- Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language, London: Seeleys, page 233
- Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language, London: Seeleys, page 233