olekuku

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Olukumi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a widespread Niger-Congo root, Blench (2003) proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-kuku, likely Onomatopoeic. See possible reconstruction Proto-Yoruboid *è-lúkùkù. Compare with Nupe lukuku, Urhobo inékuku, Yoruba èrukùkù, Igbo kpalakwukwu, Ebira arekuku, Ifè àlúŋ̀kùkù, Edo elikhukhu, possibly related to Ibibio ebomon-kuku.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ō.lé.kù.kù/

Noun[edit]

olékùkù

pigeon

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