kẹtẹkẹtẹ
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Gun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cyprus_donkeys%2C_Karpaz%2C_Northern_Cyprus.jpg/220px-Cyprus_donkeys%2C_Karpaz%2C_Northern_Cyprus.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- kɛ́tɛ́kɛ́tɛ́ (Benin)
Etymology
[edit]From Yoruba kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́, cognates include Fon kɛ́tɛ́kɛ́tɛ́, Adja esɔkɛtɛ (“horse, donkey”). Compare Baatonum kɛtɛku, Edo ekẹtẹkẹtẹ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ (plural kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ lẹ́) (Nigeria)
See also
[edit]- otlò (“mule”)
Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Donkey_in_Clovelly%2C_North_Devon%2C_England.jpg/220px-Donkey_in_Clovelly%2C_North_Devon%2C_England.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Baatonum kɛtɛku or, more likely, Nupe kytákytá
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Edo: ekẹtẹkẹtẹ
Categories:
- Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Gun terms derived from Yoruba
- Gun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gun lemmas
- Gun nouns
- Nigerian Gun
- guw:Mammals
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Baatonum
- Yoruba terms derived from Baatonum
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Nupe
- Yoruba terms derived from Nupe
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- yo:Odd-toed ungulates
- yo:Equids