uko

Olukumi

Etymology

Compare with Èkìtì Yoruba èrèkò, Yoruba àsìkò, Igala ìkò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.kò/

Noun

ùkò

1. time, occasion, era

Derived terms

• ùkò úgwázú (“future”)

Swahili

Verb

uko

1. second-person singular positive degree present of -wako (“you are (around there)”)
2. m class_(III)/u class_(XI) positive degree present of -wako (“it is (around there)”)

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Vanikoro *ukə, from earlier *uk < *ut, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uko/

Noun

uko

1. louse

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry uko.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry uko.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ìkó

Etymology

From Proto-Yoruboid *ù-kó, equivalent to ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kó (“to gather, to scoop up”). While in Standard Yoruba and Northwest Yoruba, the alternative form ìkó only translates to the beak of the bird (with the term ètè referring to the mammalian lip), in the Central and Southeast Yoruba dialects (ùkó), it retains its general meaning as a term for the lip of any mammal and the beak of a bird. Compare with Igala ùkó (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.kó/

Noun

ùkó

1. (chiefly CY, anatomy, zootomy) beak; lip