àkókó
noun
/à.kó.kó/
Definitions
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woodpecker, specifically the African grey woodpecker
àkókó kì í sọgi tútù, igi gbígbẹ níí sọ The woodpecker does not peck living wood, dry wood is what it pecksSimilar words
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A nickname or praise name for a woodcarver
àkókó o! May you bore the wood like a woodpecker!!àkókó á sọgi o! The woodpecker shall strike the wood!!
Etymology
From à- + kókó, ultimately Onomatopoeic. See Igala ágbólíkọkọ
Component words
à-
kókó
2 entries are spelled “kókó”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
kókó
point
kókó
knot
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
woodcarver
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “akoko”.
Reference:
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