Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-kèlé

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This Proto-Yoruboid entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yoruboid[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare with Urhobo okere, Nupe kèrégi, Edo ẹkirẹ, Yekhee akele, Igbo àkèle, Khana kèrè máá, Idoma akle see Proto-Volta-Niger *-kere, perhaps Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*à-kèlé

  1. frog, toad

Descendants[edit]

  • Ifè: akèré
  • Igala: àkèlé
  • Itsekiri: ekere
  • Olukumi: àkèré
  • Yoruba: àkèré
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