Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-kɪ̀kɔ

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

Alternative forms

• *à-kʊ̀kɔ

Etymology

From *à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *kɔ (“to crow”), with a partial reduplication of the verb-root *kɔ occurring, ultimately Onomatopoeic. Found widespread throughout Niger-Congo languages of common onomatopeic origin, see Ayere akɔkɔ, Igbo ọ̀kụkụ̀ (“fowl”), Proto-Edoid *O-khɔkhɔ, Proto-Bantu *nkókó, Akan akokɔ, Ukaan ɛ̀kɔ̀kɔ̀.

See the onomatopeic origins of forms for cock in other un-related languages, see English cock, French coq, Hungarian kakas, Chinese 雞 where the consonant /k/ is heavily relied upon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kɪ̀.kɔ̄/

Noun

*à-kɪ̀kɔ

1. cock, rooster

Related terms

• *á-dɪ̀wɛ (“chicken, hen”)
• *ɛ́-wɛ (“bird”)

Derived terms

• Igala: àìkọ
• Olukumi ákíkọ́
• Yoruba: àkùkọ
• Yoruba: àìkọ
• Ekiti Yoruba: àkụ̀kọ, àkị̀kọ