jokujoku

Yoruba

Etymology

Reduplication of jòkú (“to eat the dead”), from jẹ (“to eat”) +‎ òkú (“corpse; dead body”), literally “corpse eater”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒò.kú.d͡ʒò.kú/

Noun

jòkújòkú

  1. scavenger (an animal that feeds on decaying matter)
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