mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà
noun
/mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kɔ̄.mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kà/
mọ̀ọ́kọ-mọ̀ọ́kà (alternative), mọ̀ọ́nkọ-mọ̀ọ́nkà (alternative)
Definitions
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literacy
Kí àṣà mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà tó dé ni ẹ̀yá Yorùbá ti ń ké ewì, irúfẹ́ ewì yìí ni a mọ̀ sí ewì alohùn. Before the advent of literacy, Yoruba people were reciting poetry, and this kind of poetry is what we know as oral poetry.
Other entries with this spelling
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Etymology
From mọ̀-ọ́nkọ (“to know how to write”) + mọ̀-ọ́nkà (“to know how to read”)
Component words
mọ̀-ọ́nkọto know how to writemọ̀-ọ́nkàto know how to read
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “mọ-ọnkọ-mọ-ọnka”.
Reference:
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