Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Proto-Yoruboid[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See Edoid cognates, Yekhee uviukọ, Edo ovbukhọ, ultimately from the root *bʊ́kɔ.
- A possible hypothesis may be that it ultimately derives from a contraction of *é-ɓó (“goat”) + *-kɔ (“male, masculine”), literally “male goat”, however, it may have been older forms or simply roots of these terms. In many cognate terms for the Proto-Yoruboid word *é-ɓó (“goat”) in other languages, the vowel /ʊ/ is present, so it may be from *ɛ́-ɓʊ́ (“goat”) + *-kɔ (“male”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ
Descendants[edit]
- Yoruba: òbúkọ, òwúkọ
- Yoruba: ọ̀bụ́kọ (Central Yoruba dialects)
- Olukumi: òbúkọ
- Igala: òbúkọ
- Ifè: òwúkɔ