ọkọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oko"

Igala

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ-kɔ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọ́kọ

1. husband

   Antonym: ọ́yà

   • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:

     Ọ́ ọ́kọ mi d'úkọ́lọ́

     My husband has gone to work

Adjective

ọ́kọ

1. (usually of an animal) male, masculine
   • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:

     Àbùtá ọ́kọ

     Male lizard

   Antonym: óle

2. (idiomatic, usually of an animal) big, strong, predatory

Derived terms

• ọ́kọ-ẹla (“predator; predatory animal, carnivore”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ̀

Alternative forms

• ọ́kọ́ọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ́kọ̀

1. vehicle

Derived terms

• ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“train”)
• ọ́kọ́-ejóomi (“ship, boat”)
• ọ́kọ́-ikẹdẹ (“canoe”)
• ọ́kọ́-ojáalè (“airplane”)

 

Etymology 3

Ọ̀kọ̀

Cognate with Yoruba ọ̀kùn. Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-kʊ̃̀, ultimately equivalent to *ɔ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *kʊ̃̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

1. millipede

Derived terms

• ọ̀kọ̀-t'ọ́cha (“to be stubbornly persistent”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.kɔ́/

Noun

ọ́kọ́

1. money

Derived terms

• álu-ọkọ́ (“greed”)
• n'ọkọ́ (“to be rich”)
• ọ́kọ́-ajalu (“paper money”)
• ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“tax”)
• ọ́kọ́-ebíjè (“coins”)
• ọ́kọ́-íjẹ̀bú (“counterfeit coin”)
• ọ́kọ́-ipámúù (“pound sterling”)
• ọ́kọ́-obì (“bribe; kickback”)
• ọ́kọ́-ochù (“salary; wage”)
• ọ́kọ-ógwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“cowry shells used traditionally as money pre-colonially; money”)

 

References

• John Idakwoji (February 12, 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ́/

Noun

ọkọ́

1. hoe

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọkọ

1. husband

   Antonyms: aya, abilekọ

2. dear, beloved

   Synonym: ààyò

Etymology 3

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Urhobo okọ (“canoe; boat”), Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

1. vehicle
2. vessel

Derived terms

• adẹ́rùpọkọ̀ (“vehicle over-loader”)
• atukọ̀ (“sailor”)
• awakọ̀ (“driver”)
• ọkọ̀ akérò (“public transport”)
• ọkọ̀ òfuurufú (“airplane”)
• ọkọ̀ ojú irin (“train”)
• ọkọ̀ ojú omi (“boat”)

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọkọ̀

1. Persicaria senegalensis (syn. Polygonum senegalense)

Etymology 5

Cognate with Igala ọ̀kwọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀kọ̀

1. spear, lance