ireke

Yoruba

Ìrèké gígé

Alternative forms

• erèkè (Owé)
• èrèkè (Eastern Àkókó)
• ìèké (Oǹdó)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾè.ké/

Noun

ìrèké

1. sugarcane
   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     A kì í bá kíkan láàrin ìrèké

     We do not find sourness inside a sugarcane (proverb on sugar cane as symbolizing sweetness).

Derived terms

• ajèrèké
• onírèké

Descendants

• → Hausa: ràkē