ọka
Edo edit
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Cognate with Igbo ọkà, Yoruba ọkà, Yekhee ọ̀ka and Urhobo ọ́ka
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ọ́ka
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kà (“millet, sorghum”), from Proto-Volta-Niger *kà, ultimately reconstructed to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ka. Cognate with Igbo ọkà (“corn”), Yekhee ọ̀ka (“corn”), Urhobo ọ́ka (“corn”), Igala ọ́kà (“millet”), and Edo ọ́ka (“corn”), Ayere ɛkà
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ọkà
Etymology 2 edit
From ọ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ká (“to coil”).
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ọká
- Gaboon viper
- Synonyms: jẹ́bútẹ̀, ejò ọká, ọká ẹlẹ́bu