Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-kèlé

This Proto-Yoruboid entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yoruboid

Etymology

Compare with Urhobo okere, Nupe kèrégi, Edo ẹkirẹ, Yekhee akele, Igbo àkèle, Khana kèrè máá, Idoma akle see Proto-Volta-Niger *-kere, perhaps Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kè.lé/

Noun

*à-kèlé

1. frog, toad

Descendants

• Ifè: akèré
• Igala: àkèlé
• Itsekiri: ekere
• Olukumi: àkèré
• Yoruba: àkèré