ọkà
noun
/ɔ̄.kà/
ẹkà (alternative, Ekiti)
Definitions
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millet, sorghum
Similar wordsbàbànoun 3 entries are spelled “bàbà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. bàbà sorghum, millet, (in particular) Sorghum bicolor bàbà copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29) bàbà to be quickly and rapidly hovering ọkà bàbà
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corn, maize, grain
Similar wordsàgbàdonoun 2 entries are spelled “àgbàdo”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àgbàdo maize, corn ìgbàdo alternative form of àgbàdo (“maize, corn”) yangannouneginrineginrin àgbàdo ẹlẹ́pànoun 2 entries are spelled “ẹlẹ́pà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ẹlẹ́pà corn, maize ẹlẹ́pà A peanut farmer, someone who sells peanuts ìjẹ́rẹ́noun
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kà (“millet, sorghum”), from Proto-Volta-Niger *kà, ultimately reconstructed to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ka. Cognate with Igbo ọkà (“corn”), Yekhee ọ̀ka (“corn”), Urhobo ọ́ka (“corn”), Igala ọ́kà (“millet”), and Edo ọ́ka (“corn”), Ayere ɛkà
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wheat
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where this word is spelled “ọka”.
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