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Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/á-ká

This Proto-Yoruboid entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yoruboid

Alternative forms
  • *í-ká

Etymology

For a more widespread definition for hand and arm, see *ɔ́-ɓɔ́. While in Yoruba the term has come to mean arm or wing, it likely originally as a term for wing or shoulder. See proposed Proto-Igboid *έ-ká, Nupe ekpá. Yoruboid descendant term èjìká or ójíká may also come from the same root.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /á.ká/

Noun

*á-ká

  1. arm, wing
  2. shoulder

Descendants
  • Northwest Yoruba, Southeast Yoruba: apá (“arm”)
  • Central Yoruba, Northeast Yoruba, Southeast Yoruba: aká (“arm”)
  • Olukumi: áká (“shoulder, wing”)
  • Igala: íká (“wing”)
  • Ifè: iká (“wing”)
  • Ede Idaca: iká (“wing, arm”)
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