ụkọkọ
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Etymology edit
From ụ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kọkọ (“of an average-size physical entity being extensively protruding”), it is being replaced by orókún or orúkún among younger speakers. Compare with Ayere ingɔgɔ (“elbow”), Ifè gã̀gã̀ŋ́gogo
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ụkọkọ