amọ̀kòkò
name
/ā.mɔ̃̀.kò.kò/
Definitions
- potter, ceramicist
Etymology
a- (“agent prefix”) + mọ (“to mould”) + ìkòkò (“pot”), literally “ones who moulds pots”
Component words
a-agent prefix
mọto mould
2 entries are spelled “mọ”. The etymology calls it “to mould”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
mọ
to mold, to shape
mọ
alternative form of mu (“to drink”)
ìkòkòpot
Dialectal synonyms “potter, ceramicist” 15 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- amọ̀kòkò
- Òkìtìpupa
- amurun
- Oǹdó
- amàkòkò
Central Yoruba
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- amọ̀ṣà
- Àkúrẹ́
- amọ̀kòkò
Northwest Yoruba
- Abẹ́òkúta
- amọ̀kòkò
- Èkó
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ìbàdàn
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ìlọrin
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ọ̀yọ́
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ìkirè
- amọ̀kòkò
- Ìwó
- amọ̀kòkò
- Nàìjíríà
- amọ̀kòkò
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- amɔ̀kòkò
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “amọkoko”.
Reference:
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