"Akoko" meaning in Yoruba

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Proper name

IPA: /à.kó.kó/ Forms: Àkókó [canonical]
Etymology: A folk etymology states, à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kókó (“reduplication of kó "to kidnap"”), literally “The ones who were kidnapped”; This is said to come from the fact that many Àkókó settlements were raided and the people kidnapped and sold into slavery during the warring periods of the 1700s and 1800s. Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|à-|kókó|lit=The ones who were kidnapped|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=reduplication of kó "to kidnap"}} à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kókó (“reduplication of kó "to kidnap"”), literally “The ones who were kidnapped” Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Àkókó|head2=}} Àkókó, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Àkókó}} Àkókó, {{yo-proper noun|Àkókó}} Àkókó
  1. The Akoko sub-group of Yoruba
    Sense id: en-Akoko-yo-name-w13Gwq1h Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Ethnonyms Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 49 51
  2. The Akoko dialects of Yoruba, comprising of the western and eastern Akoko dialects and the Ào dialect.
    Sense id: en-Akoko-yo-name-J2XHyhUP Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Dialects, Ethnonyms Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Dialects: 34 66 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 49 51
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