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uko

See also: ukọ, ụkọ, and ūko

Olukumi

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Etymology

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Compare with Èkìtì Yoruba èrèkò, Yoruba àsìkò, Igala ìkò

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Noun

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ùkò

  1. time, occasion, era

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Swahili

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Verb

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uko

  1. second-person singular positive degree present of -wako (“you are (around there)”)
  2. m class(III)/u class(XI) positive degree present of -wako (“it is (around there)”)

Teanu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vanikoro *ukə, from earlier *uk < *ut, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

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uko

  1. louse

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Yoruba

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From Proto-Yoruboid *ù-kó, equivalent to ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kó (“to gather, to scoop up”). While in Standard Yoruba and Northwest Yoruba, the alternative form ìkó only translates to the beak of the bird (with the term ètè referring to the mammalian lip), in the Central and Southeast Yoruba dialects ùkó, it retains its general meaning as a term for the lip of any mammal and the beak of a bird. Compare with Igala ùkó (“lip”).

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ùkó

  1. (chiefly CY, anatomy, zootomy) beak; lip
    Synonyms: ètè, ùpọ́nrun
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