ẹkọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eko"
Igala
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ẹ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kọ̀ (“to grumble, to growl, to bark”), literally “that which growls”, cognate with Yoruba ẹkùn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ́.kɔ̀/
Noun
ẹ́kọ̀
References
- John Idakwoji (12 February 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Yoruba
Etymology 1
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kọ́ (“to learn; to teach”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛ̀.kɔ́/
Noun
ẹ̀kọ́
Derived terms
- akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (“student”)
- ẹ̀kọ́ ilé (“discipline”)
- ilé ẹ̀kọ́ (“school”)
- olùkọ́ (“teacher”)
- ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (“training”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̀.kɔ̄/
Noun
ẹ̀kọ
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ẹ̀kọ (“corn pap”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | oi | |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ori |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ori | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ori | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹ̀kọ | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Tedé | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹ̀kọ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹ̀kọ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛ̀kɔ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ẹ̀kọ | ||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìkàtì | ||
| Atakpamɛ | ìkàtì | ||||
| Est-Mono | ìkàtì | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ìkàtì | ||||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
Derived terms
- ẹlẹ́kọ (“pap seller”)