ẹka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eka"

Yoruba

Ẹkà

Alternative forms

• ọkà

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igbo ọkà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kà/

Noun

ẹkà

1. (Ekiti) corn, maize

   Synonyms: àgbàdo, yangan, eginrin, eginrin àgbàdo, ẹlẹ́pà, ìjẹ́rẹ́

Etymology 2

Ẹ̀ka igi

Likely a Doublet of ìka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kā/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

1. branch, offshoot

   Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ẹtún

   igi náàá pẹ̀ka ― The tree has developed branches

2. (by extension) department, unit, section

   Synonym: apá

3. (by extension, linguistics) dialect

   Synonym: ẹ̀ka-èdè

4. type

   Synonym: irú

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́ka-èdè-méjì (“bidialectal”)
• ẹlẹ́kajẹ̀ka (“something that is interdepartmental”)
• ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀kọ́ (“academic department”)
• ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀yà (“sub-type”)
• ẹ̀ka-àkọlé (“subtitle”)

 

Etymology 3

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to read, to recite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kà/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

1. recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge