ọkọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oko"

Igala

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọ́kọ

  1. husband
    Antonym: ọ́yà
    • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
      Ọ́ ọ́kọ mi d'úkọ́lọ́
      My husband has gone to work

Adjective

ọ́kọ

  1. (usually of an animal) male, masculine
    Antonym: óle
    • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
      Àbùtá ọ́kọ
      Male lizard
  2. (idiomatic, usually of an animal) big, strong, predatory
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ̀

Alternative forms
  • ọ́kọ́ọ̀

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ́kọ̀

  1. vehicle
Derived terms
  • ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“train”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ejóomi (“ship, boat”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ikẹdẹ (“canoe”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ojáalè (“airplane”)

Etymology 3
Ọ̀kọ̀

Cognate with Yoruba ọ̀kùn. Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-kʊ̃̀, ultimately equivalent to *ɔ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *kʊ̃̀

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

  1. millipede
Derived terms
  • ọ̀kọ̀-t'ọ́cha (“to be stubbornly persistent”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ́.kɔ́/

Noun

ọ́kọ́

  1. money
Derived terms
  • n'ọkọ́ (“to be rich”)
  • ọ́kọ-ógwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“cowry shells used traditionally as money pre-colonially; money”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ajalu (“paper money”)
  • ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“tax”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ebíjè (“coins”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ipámúù (“pound sterling”)
  • ọ́kọ́-obì (“bribe; kickback”)
  • ọ́kọ́-ochù (“salary; wage”)
  • ọ́kọ́-íjẹ̀bú (“counterfeit coin”)
  • álu-ọkọ́ (“greed”)

References
  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Olukumi

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, Yoruba ọkọ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọkọ

  1. husband
Derived terms
  • ọkọ titọn (“groom”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Yoruba ọkọ̀ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

  1. vehicle
Derived terms
  • ọkọ̀ ómi (“boat”)

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ́/

Noun

ọkọ́

  1. hoe[1]

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọkọ

  1. husband[2]
    Antonyms: aya, abilékọ
  2. dear, beloved
    Synonym: ààyò

Etymology 3

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Urhobo okọ (“canoe; boat”), Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

  1. vehicle
  2. vessel
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

  1. Persicaria senegalensis (syn. Polygonum senegalense)

Etymology 5

Cognate with Igala ọ̀kwọ̀

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

  1. spear, lance

References
  1. Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233
  2. Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233
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