"akukọ" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /à.kù.kɔ̄/ Forms: àkùkọ [canonical]
Etymology: From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, cognate with Igala àìkọ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, Edo ọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly to Proto-Bantu *nkókó, of onomatopoeic origin. See Akan akokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo Etymology templates: {{af|yo|à-|kùkọ|id1=nominalizing prefix|lit=That which crows|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)}} à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, {{cog|igl|àìkọ}} Igala àìkọ, {{cog|ig|ọ̀kụkụ̀}} Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, {{cog|bin|ọkhọkhọ}} Edo ọkhọkhọ, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*à-kɪ̀kɔ}} Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ, {{cog|bnt-pro|*nkókó}} Proto-Bantu *nkókó, {{cog|ak|akokɔ}} Akan akokɔ Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=àkùkọ|head2=}} àkùkọ, {{yo-pos|noun|àkùkọ|}} àkùkọ, {{yo-noun|àkùkọ}} àkùkọ
  1. rooster Synonyms: àkùkọdiẹ
    Sense id: en-akukọ-yo-noun-q4AXfC-o
  2. A hairstyle inspired by roosters' combs, worn by priestesses Categories (topical): Hair Categories (lifeform): Fowls Synonyms: àkùkọ gàgàrà
    Sense id: en-akukọ-yo-noun-~sB4Zqww Disambiguation of Hair: 9 91 Disambiguation of Fowls: 30 70 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix): 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: àìkọ, àkụ̀kọ [Ekiti], àyìkọ (Kétu) Derived forms: ogbe àkùkọ (english: cockscomb), ewu-àkùkọ, àkùkọ gàgàrà Related terms: adìẹ (english: chicken) Coordinate_terms: àgbébọ̀ (english: hen), abo adìyẹ (english: hen), obídìẹ (english: hen)
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "àgbébọ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "abo adìyẹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "obídìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cockscomb",
      "word": "ogbe àkùkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ewu-àkùkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "àkùkọ gàgàrà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "à-",
        "3": "kùkọ",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "lit": "That which crows",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)"
      },
      "expansion": "à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "àìkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala àìkọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "ọ̀kụkụ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "ọkhọkhọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo ọkhọkhọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*à-kɪ̀kɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "*nkókó"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nkókó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "akokɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan akokɔ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, cognate with Igala àìkọ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, Edo ọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly to Proto-Bantu *nkókó, of onomatopoeic origin. See Akan akokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àkùkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "àkùkọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "àkùkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "àkùkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chicken",
      "word": "adìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rooster"
      ],
      "id": "en-akukọ-yo-noun-q4AXfC-o",
      "links": [
        [
          "rooster",
          "rooster"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àkùkọdiẹ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Fowls",
          "orig": "yo:Fowls",
          "parents": [
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "yo:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hairstyle inspired by roosters' combs, worn by priestesses"
      ],
      "id": "en-akukọ-yo-noun-~sB4Zqww",
      "links": [
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àkùkọ gàgàrà"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.kù.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "àìkọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "àkụ̀kọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Kétu",
      "word": "àyìkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "akukọ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Fowls",
    "yo:Hair"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "àgbébọ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "abo adìyẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "hen",
      "word": "obídìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "cockscomb",
      "word": "ogbe àkùkọ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ewu-àkùkọ"
    },
    {
      "word": "àkùkọ gàgàrà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "à-",
        "3": "kùkọ",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "lit": "That which crows",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)"
      },
      "expansion": "à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "àìkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala àìkọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "ọ̀kụkụ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "ọkhọkhọ"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo ọkhọkhọ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*à-kɪ̀kɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "*nkókó"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nkókó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "akokɔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan akokɔ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kùkọ (“partial reduplication of kọ (“to crow”)”), literally “That which crows”, cognate with Igala àìkọ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀, Edo ọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly to Proto-Bantu *nkókó, of onomatopoeic origin. See Akan akokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àkùkọ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "àkùkọ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "àkùkọ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "àkùkọ"
      },
      "expansion": "àkùkọ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "chicken",
      "word": "adìẹ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rooster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rooster",
          "rooster"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àkùkọdiẹ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hairstyle inspired by roosters' combs, worn by priestesses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "àkùkọ gàgàrà"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.kù.kɔ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "àìkọ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ],
      "word": "àkụ̀kọ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kétu",
      "word": "àyìkọ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "akukọ"
}

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