lukuku

Nupe

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba èrukùkù, Urhobo inékuku, Edo elikhukhu, Igbo kpalakwukwu, Ebira arekuku, Ifè àlúŋ̀kùkù, and Olukumi olékùkù. Possibly related to Ibibio ebomon-kuku, a widespread Niger-Congo root, Blench (2003) proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-kuku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lú.kù.kù/

Noun

lúkùkù

  1. pigeon
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