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)

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.kò.kō/

Noun

akòko

1. The plant Markhamia tomentosa