ẹka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eka"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igbo ọkà.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.kà/

Noun

ẹkà

  1. (Ekiti) corn, maize
    Synonyms: àgbàdo, yangan, eginrin, eginrin àgbàdo, ẹlẹ́pà, ìjẹ́rẹ́

Etymology 2

Likely a Doublet of ìka

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.kā/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

  1. branch, offshoot
    Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ẹtún
    igi náàá pẹ̀ka ― The tree has developed branches
  2. (by extension) department, unit, section
    Synonym: apá
  3. (by extension, linguistics) dialect
    Synonym: ẹ̀ka-èdè
  4. type
    Synonym: irú
Derived terms
  • ẹlẹ́ka-èdè-méjì (“bidialectal”)
  • ẹlẹ́kajẹ̀ka (“something that is interdepartmental”)
  • ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀kọ́ (“academic department”)
  • ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀yà (“sub-type”)
  • ẹ̀ka-àkọlé (“subtitle”)

Etymology 3

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to read, to recite”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.kà/

Noun

ẹ̀ka

  1. recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge
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