òrùka
noun
/ò.ɾù.kā/
ìròka (alternative), ìròǹka (alternative), òòka (alternative), òròka (alternative), ọ̀rùka (alternative), ọ̀rụ̀ka (alternative, Ekiti)
Definitions
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ring
Used inòrùka etíòrùka ìgbéyàwóòrùkayẹmí
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́lṵ̀-ìka, cognate with Igala èlìka, Edo òròká, Izon ụrụká
Derived from
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.
rùkaNupe
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “oruka”.
Reference:
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