ẹka
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eka"
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹkà
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹ̀ka
- branch, offshoot
- (by extension) department, unit, section
- Synonym: apá
- (by extension, linguistics) dialect
- Synonym: ẹ̀ka-èdè
- type
- Synonym: irú
Derived terms[edit]
- ẹlẹ́ka-èdè-méjì (“bidialectal”)
- ẹlẹ́kajẹ̀ka (“something that is interdepartmental”)
- ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀kọ́ (“academic department”)
- ẹ̀ka-ẹ̀yà (“sub-type”)
- ẹ̀ka-àkọlé (“subtitle”)
Etymology 3[edit]
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kà (“to read, to recite”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹ̀ka
- recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge