iyẹmẹriko

Itsekiri

Iyẹmẹriko

Alternative forms

• yẹmẹriko

Etymology

This word lack cognates in neighboring languages and other Yoruboid langauges. However, it is clear that this word has been in Itsekiri for quite some time being recorded as early as 1854 in Sigismund Koelle's Polyglotta Africana as yómurōkó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.jɛ̄.mɛ̄.ɾī.kō/

Noun

iyẹmẹriko

1. elephant

   Synonyms: erin, eni

References

• Sigismund Koelle, Words for Elephant in III-C-1-m (Akū) Dṣẹ̄́kiri (1854)