eékún
noun
/ēé.kṹ/
orókún (alternative), ekíkún (alternative), orúkún (alternative), orúnkún (alternative)
Definitions
- knee
Etymology
Contraction of ekíkún, compare with Olukumi órókún, Àhàn égú, proposed to be derived from a root Proto-Yoruba *-kṹ (“to kneel”). See Yoruba notext (“to stick out”), and kúnlẹ̀. Equivalent to e- (nominalizing prefix) + kíkún (partial reduplication of kún (“to kneel”)), literally “that which kneels”.
Component words
e-kíkún
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eekun”.
Reference:
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