sokoto
Appearance
Baatonum
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Yoruba ṣòkòtò. Because of the historic association between the Bariba and Ọ̀yọ́ people, Baatonum may have borrowed the Ọ̀yọ́ Yorùbá dialectal form of the word, "sòkòtò"
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sòkoto (plural sokotoba, focus sokotowa, plural focus sokotobara)
Usage notes
[edit]- y-class noun
Derived terms
[edit]- sokoto kpiriru (“panties”)
References
[edit]- Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum[1], Philadelphia: SIL International