akukọ
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Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Feral_rooster_on_Kaua%CA%BBi.jpg/220px-Feral_rooster_on_Kaua%CA%BBi.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Akuko_Gagara_hair_style.jpg/220px-Akuko_Gagara_hair_style.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, cognate with Igala àìkọ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, Edo ọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly to Proto-Bantu *nkókó, of onomatopoeic origin. See Akan akokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àkùkọ
- rooster
- Synonym: àkùkọdiẹ
- A hairstyle inspired by roosters' combs, worn by priestesses
- Synonym: àkùkọ gàgàrà