Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ

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

• *ɔ̀-ɓʊ́kɔ

Etymology

See Edoid cognates, Yekhee uviukọ, Edo ovbukhọ, ultimately from the root *bʊ́kɔ.

• A possible hypothesis may be that it ultimately derives from a contraction of *é-ɓó (“goat”) +‎ *-kɔ (“male, masculine”), literally “male goat”, however, it may have been older forms or simply roots of these terms. In many cognate terms for the Proto-Yoruboid word *é-ɓó (“goat”) in other languages, the vowel /ʊ/ is present, so it may be from *ɛ́-ɓʊ́ (“goat”) +‎ *-kɔ (“male”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.bʊ́kɔ̄/

Noun

*ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ

1. he-goat

Descendants

• Yoruba: òbúkọ, òwúkọ
• Yoruba: ọ̀bụ́kọ (Central Yoruba dialects)
• Olukumi: òbúkọ
• Igala: òbúkọ
• Ifè: òwúkɔ

Related terms

• *ɛ́-lɔ̃ (“meat, animal, goat”)
• *é-ɓí (“she-goat”)