pẹpẹyẹ

Yoruba

Abo pẹ́pẹ́yẹ

Etymology

Compare with Itsekiri kpákpáyẹkẹ, Olukumi kpẹ́kpẹ́yẹ, Urhobo ikpukpuyẹkẹ, Edo ekpákpáyẹ, Ebira upẹpẹyẹ, The origin of the term is not clear, while it has cognates with Itsekiri and Olukumi, its existence in Baatonum and Edo could suggest that it is a borrowing from Edo?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pɛ́.k͡pɛ́.jɛ̄/

Noun

pẹ́pẹ́yẹ

1. duck

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - pẹ́pẹ́yẹ (“duck”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	pápáyẹkẹ
			Ìkòròdú	pápáyẹkẹ
			Ṣágámù	pápáyẹkẹ
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	pápáyẹkẹ
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	kpákpáyẹkẹ
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	kpẹ́kpẹ́yẹ
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Àkúrẹ́	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Ìsin LGA	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Òkè Igbó	Òkè Igbó	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
	Northwest Yoruba	Èkó	Èkó	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	kpɛ́kpɛ́yɛ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	kpákpá
			Atakpamé	kpákpá
			Tchetti	kpákpá

Descendants

• Baatonum: kpákpáyẹ