ọka
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Edo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Igbo ọkà, Yoruba ọkà, Yekhee ọ̀ka and Urhobo ọ́ka
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ọ́ka
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kà (“millet, sorghum”), from Proto-Volta-Niger *kà, ultimately reconstructed to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ka. Cognate with Igbo ọkà (“corn”), Yekhee ọ̀ka (“corn”), Urhobo ọ́ka (“corn”), Igala ọ́kà (“millet”), and Edo ọ́ka (“corn”), Ayere ɛkà
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ọkà
Etymology 2[edit]
From ọ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ká (“to coil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ọká
- Gaboon viper
- Synonyms: jẹ́bútẹ̀, ejò ọká, ọká ẹlẹ́bu
Categories:
- Edo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Edo lemmas
- Edo nouns
- bin:Foods
- bin:Grains
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Volta-Niger
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Volta-Niger
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Volta-Congo
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Volta-Congo
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba terms prefixed with ọ-
- yo:Foods
- yo:Grains
- yo:Snakes