# ọkọ
## Igala
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ́.kɔ̄/

#### Noun

ọ́kọ
* husband
    Antonym: ọ́yà
** 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:Ọ́ ọ́kọ mi d'úkọ́lọ́My husband has gone to work

#### Adjective

ọ́kọ
* (usually of an animal) male, masculine
    Antonym: óle
** 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:Àbùtá ọ́kọMale lizard
* (idiomatic, usually of an animal) big, strong, predatory

##### Derived terms

* ọ́kọ-ẹla (“predator; predatory animal, carnivore”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ọkọ̀

#### Alternative forms

* ọ́kọ́ọ̀

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ́.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ́kọ̀
* vehicle

##### Derived terms

* ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“train”)
* ọ́kọ́-ejóomi (“ship, boat”)
* ọ́kọ́-ikẹdẹ (“canoe”)
* ọ́kọ́-ojáalè (“airplane”)

### Etymology 3

Cognate with Yoruba ọ̀kùn. Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-kʊ̃̀, ultimately equivalent to *ɔ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *kʊ̃̀

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ̀kọ̀
* millipede

##### Derived terms

* ọ̀kọ̀-t'ọ́cha (“to be stubbornly persistent”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ́.kɔ́/

#### Noun

ọ́kọ́
* money

##### Derived terms

* n'ọkọ́ (“to be rich”)
* ọ́kọ-ógwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“cowry shells used traditionally as money pre-colonially; money”)
* ọ́kọ́-ajalu (“paper money”)
* ọ́kọ́-anẹ̀ (“tax”)
* ọ́kọ́-ebíjè (“coins”)
* ọ́kọ́-ipámúù (“pound sterling”)
* ọ́kọ́-obì (“bribe; kickback”)
* ọ́kọ́-ochù (“salary; wage”)
* ọ́kọ́-íjẹ̀bú (“counterfeit coin”)
* álu-ọkọ́ (“greed”)

### References

* John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

## Olukumi
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, Yoruba ọkọ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

#### Noun

ọkọ
* husband

##### Derived terms

* ọkọ titọn (“groom”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Yoruba ọkọ̀ proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọkọ̀
* vehicle

##### Derived terms

* ọkọ̀ ómi (“boat”)

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ́/

#### Noun

ọkọ́
* hoe

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ, likely from the same root as akọ (“male”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ̄/

#### Noun

ọkọ
* husband
    Antonyms: aya, abilékọ
* dear, beloved
    Synonym: ààyò

### Etymology 3

Cognate with Igala ọ́kọ̀, Urhobo okọ (“canoe; boat”), Isoko okọ (“canoe; boat”), and Edo okọ (“canoe; boat”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ̀ (“boat”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọkọ̀
* vehicle
* vessel

##### Derived terms

* adẹ́rùpọkọ̀ (“vehicle over-loader”)
* atukọ̀ (“sailor”)
* awakọ̀ (“driver”)
* ọkọ̀ akérò (“public transport”)
* ọkọ̀ ojú irin (“train”)
* ọkọ̀ ojú omi (“boat”)
* ọkọ̀ òfuurufú (“airplane”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọkọ̀
* Persicaria senegalensis (syn. Polygonum senegalense)

### Etymology 5

Cognate with Igala ọ̀kwọ̀

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̀.kɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ̀kọ̀
* spear, lance

### References

* ↑ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233
* ↑ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 233