kòkódìà
noun
/kò.kó.dì.à/
kòkodìà (canonical), kòkójìà (alternative)
Definitions
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coconut
Similar words
Etymology
Probably from Portuguese coqueiro, but likely through an intermediary via Portuguese-Edo or Itsekiri interaction, compare with Edo ekokodia, Itsekiri kokodie, and Urhobo ukokódia.
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.
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upúùnoun
“upúù” lists “kòkódìa” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “kòkódìa” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
upúù
coconut
coconut
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ìkòkódìàIzon
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “kokodia”.
Reference:
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