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Yorùbá Dictionary
mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà noun /mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kɔ̄.mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kà/
mọ̀ọ́kọ-mọ̀ọ́kà (alternative), mọ̀ọ́nkọ-mọ̀ọ́nkà (alternative)
Definitions
  1. literacy broadly
    Kí àṣà mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà tó dé ni ẹ̀yá Yorùbá ti ń ké ewì, irúfẹ́ ewì yìí ni a mọ̀ sí ewì alohùn. Before the advent of literacy, Yoruba people were reciting poetry, and this kind of poetry is what we know as oral poetry.
    Used in
    ṣáájú ìmọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkààìmọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà verb to be literate; to know how to read and write
Etymology
From mọ̀-ọ́nkọ (“to know how to write”) + mọ̀-ọ́nkà (“to know how to read”)
Component words
mọ̀-ọ́nkọto know how to writemọ̀-ọ́nkàto know how to read
Source: Wiktionary, where this word is spelled “mọ-ọnkọ-mọ-ọnka”. Reference: en-mọ-ọnkọ-mọ-ọnka-yo-noun-V4dWykqh