akoso
Yoruba
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kó (“to gather”) + so (“to tie”), literally “The act of gathering and bringing together”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.kó.sō/
Noun
àkóso
- the act of coordinating or organizing activities
- activities being coordinated or organized
- coordination, administration, management, control
- Synonym: ìjọba
Derived terms
- ajẹmákòóso (“administrative”)
- alákòóso (“administrator”)
- alákòóso ilé-ìkàwé ilé-ìwé (“librarian”)
- sáà ìṣàkóso (“regime”)
- ṣàkóso (“to administrate”)
- ṣíṣe-ìkóríjọ ètò-àkóso ní ààrin-gíngín (“centralization”)
- àkóso ààrin-gíngín (“central administration”)
- àṣẹ àkóso àwọn onímọ̀-iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“technocracy”)