akọ
noun
/ā.kɔ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
- male, masculine gender
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someone who is tough, remarkable
ọmọ́ ṣe akọ The child behaves toughSimilar wordsakọninoun 2 entries are spelled “akọni”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. akọni hero, brave person akọ́ni teacher
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a tough or difficult situation, behavior
ọ̀rọ̀ọ́ yakọ This situation became difficult
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something severe or extreme
akọ àrùn gbọ̀fungbọ̀fun chronic bronchitis
Etymology
Likely a Doublet of ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ.
Used in
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
man, male
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ocóPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3,
where this word is spelled “akọ”.
Reference:
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