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- A compound incorporating ilé (“house”) and ọkọ (“husband”).[1]
- From abi- (“prefix”) + ilé (“house”) + ọkọ (“husband”)
abilékọ
- married woman living with her husband; wife[1]
- Synonym: aya
- Antonym: ọkọ
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language[1], London: Seeleys, page 4