olùkọ́
noun
/ō.lù.kɔ́/
Definitions
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teacher, professor, instructor
Màmá mi kì í ṣe olùkọ. My mom is not a teacher.Mo gbọ́ pé ẹ jẹ́ olùkọ́ ní Yunifásítì ti Ìbàdàn, ẹ sì ní ọmọ márùnún pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀ yín. I heard that you're a professor at the University of Ibadan and that you have five children with your husband.Similar wordsolùkọ́nitíṣànoun
Etymology
From olù- (“non-productive agent prefix”) + kọ́ (“to teach”), literally “the one who teaches”.
Component words
olù-non-productive agent prefixkọ́to teach
Dialectal synonyms “teacher” 25 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- tírhà
- Òkìtìpupa
- kọ́makọ́ma
- Usẹn
- akọ́nẹ
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ọkwọ́-nẹ́kọ́
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- akọ̀wé
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- olùkọ́
- Èkó
- olùkọ́
- Ìbàdàn
- olùkọ́
- Ìlọrin
- olùkọ́
- Òtù
- olùkọ́
- Ìwéré Ilé
- olùkọ́
- Òkèhò
- olùkọ́
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- olùkọ́
- Ṣakí
- olùkọ́
- Tedé
- olùkọ́
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- olùkọ́
- Ọ̀yọ́
- olùkọ́
- Nàìjíríà
- olùkọ́olùkọ́nitíṣàakọ́ni
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- olùkɔ́olùkɔ́nitíshàakɔ́ni
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- olùkọ́tíṣà
- Kabba
- tísà
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- olùkɔ́
- Akpáré
- akɔ́nɛ
- Atakpamɛ
- akɔ́nɛ
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- akɔ́nɛ
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“luko” lists “oluko” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “oluko” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
luko
to be primitive, to be dim-witted
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teacher
teacher
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “olukọ”.
Reference:
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