Kọjọda

Yoruba

Etymology

From kí (“may”) +‎ ọjọ́ (“day”) +‎ da (“to be clear”), literally “May the day be clear”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ́.d͡ʒɔ́.dā/

Proper noun

Kọ́jọ́da

1. The Yoruba calendar, originally used among the Ìjẹ̀bú people. It originally was a lunar calendar consisting of 4 days, 91 weeks, and 13 months with 7 weeks in each month. The first month is Òkúdù (“June”). It was later modernized to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar

See also

• (Kojoda months) oṣù Kọ́jọ́dá; Òkúdu (“June”), Agẹmọ (“July”), Ògún (“August”), Òwéwe (“September”), Ọ̀wàrà (“October”), Bélú (“November”), Ọ̀pẹ̀ (“December”), Ṣẹ̀rẹ́ (“January”), Èrèlé (“February”), Ẹ̀rẹ̀nà (“March”), Igbe (“April”), Ẹ̀bìbì (“May”) ^{(Category: yo:Kojoda months)}