akoko

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From à- +‎ kókó

Àkókó

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.kó.kó/

Noun

àkókó

  1. woodpecker, specifically the African grey woodpecker
    Synonym: ẹyẹ àkókó
    àkókó kì í sọgi tútù, igi gbígbẹ níí sọ ― The woodpecker does not peck living wood, dry wood is what it pecks (incantation)
  2. A nickname or praise name for a woodcarver
    àkókó o! ― May you bore the wood like a woodpecker!! (greeting for a woodcarver)
    àkókó á sọgi o! ― The woodpecker shall strike the wood!! (response to a greeting for a woodcarver)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.kó.kò/

Noun

àkókò

  1. time, season, occasion, duration
    Synonyms: ìgbà, àsìkò
Derived terms
  • àkókò ẹ̀ẹ̀rín (“dry season”)
  • àkókò-èlé-owó (“accrual basis”)
  • àṣàyàn àkókò (“time preference”)
  • àtẹ àkókò-iṣẹ́ (“time table”)
  • ìtúpalẹ̀ àkókò (“time analaysis”)
  • òté àkókò (“time limit”)

Etymology 3
Ewé akòko

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.kò.kō/

Noun

akòko

  1. The plant Newbouldia laevis, its leaves are used to adorn newly coronated chiefs

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.kò.kō/

Noun

akòko

  1. The plant Markhamia tomentosa
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