ùkótí
noun
/ù.kó.tí/
ìkótí (alternative)
Definitions
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a thin metal pin used for picking one's ear or as a hair instrument; needle
Related words
Etymology
From ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kó (“to gather, scoop”) + etí (“ear”)
Component words
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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.
wooden comb
a type of wooden comb (usually three pronged) used to part hair
needle
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.
ùkótínEdoùkótíUrhobo
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ukoti”.
Reference:
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