erukuku

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Yoruba

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Èrukùkù

Etymology

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Compare with Nupe lukuku, Urhobo inékuku, Edo elikhukhu, Igbo kpalakwukwu, Ebira arekuku, Ifè àlúŋ̀kùkù, Olukumi olékùkù, possibly related to Ibibio ebomon-kuku, a widespread Niger-Congo root, Blench (2003) proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-kuku. See proposed Proto-Yoruboid *è-lúkùkù. Probably ultimately Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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Noun

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èrukùkù

  1. pigeon
    Synonym: ẹyẹlé

Usage notes

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  • This term is older than the more common ẹyẹlé, and is slowly being replaced, with it only being quite commonplace in the vocabulary of certain dialects (see Ekiti)