orukọ

See also: ọrukọ and ọrụkọ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• eríkọ (Owe)
• oúkọ (Ondo)
• ọrụ́kọ (Ekiti)
• ọrúkọ (Ifẹ)

 

Etymology 1

Compare with Olukumi órúkọ, Ifè ɛ́kọ, and possibly Igala ódú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú. Likely ultimately Westerman's reconstruction to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni, with a possible transition from /d/ to /r/ (unclear if this r is still the /ɾ/ flap/tap used in modern Yoruba). See reconstructed Proto-Yoruboid form for more cognates

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/

Noun

orúkọ

1. name

   Synonym: àpèjẹ́

Derived terms

• dárúkọ (“to name, to mention”)
• kí ni orúkọ rẹ (“what is your name”)
• olórúkọ
• orúkọ agbo-ilé
• orúkọ ẹlẹ́yà
• orúkọ ibáwáyé
• orúkọ oríkì
• orúkọ súná
• orúkọ àbíkú
• orúkọ àbísọ (“first name, given name”)
• orúkọ àdàpè
• orúkọ àdájẹ́
• orúkọ àfiṣáátá
• orúkọ àlàjẹ́ (“nickname”)
• orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá
• orúkọ àpèlé (“epithet”)
• orúkọ ènìyàn
• orúkọ ìdílé (“surname”)
• orúkọ ìnagijẹ (“alias”)
• orúkọ ìsàmì (“baptismal name”)
• orúkọ ìwé
• orúkọkórúkọ (“any name, bad name”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-afarajorúkọ (“pronomial”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátapadà (“reflexive pronoun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátẹnumọ́ (“emphatic pronoun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
• ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming cerimony”)

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: oruncó
• Lucumí: oruko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾú.kɔ̄/

Noun

òrúkọ

1. Alternative form of òbúkọ (“billy, billy goat”)