kẹkẹ

Gun

Alternative forms

• kɛ̀kɛ́ (Benin)

Etymology

Likely from Yoruba kẹ̀kẹ́. Cognates include Fon kɛkɛ́, Saxwe Gbe gɛ̀kɛ́, Adja keke, Nupe kyàkyá, Edo ikẹkẹ, Ifè kɛ̀kɛ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ́/

Noun

kẹ̀kẹ́ (plural kẹ̀kẹ́ lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. bike

Derived terms

• kẹ̀kẹ́fọ̀ (“wheel”)
• zokẹ̀kẹ́ (“motorcycle”)

 

Yoruba

Kẹ́kẹ́

Kẹ́kẹ́

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

Noun

kẹ́kẹ́

1. mongoose, genet

   Synonyms: kẹ́kẹ́-wàá, agbókotọ́yà

Etymology 2

Kẹ̀kẹ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ́/

Noun

kẹ̀kẹ́

1. bicycle, cart, carriage

   Synonyms: básíkùlù, básíkù

Related terms

• ọkọ̀ (“vehicle”)

Descendants

• → Nupe: kèké, kyàkyá
• → Edo: ikẹkẹ

Etymology 3

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̄.kɛ̄/

Ideophone

kẹkẹ

1. of a ticking sound (for example, of a clock)

Noun

kẹkẹ

1. second

   Synonym: ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

Noun

kẹ́kẹ́

1. 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 [1], 2006

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

Ideophone

kẹ́kẹ́

1. of a high-pitched cackling sound

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ̀/

Ideophone

kẹ̀kẹ̀

1. (of an object) splitting wide open
2. (of an object) running in a spread out posture