nìkan
adv
/nĩ̀.kã̄/
Definitions
- only, alone
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “nìkan”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ni (“to be”) + ọ̀kan (“one”).
Component words
nito be
2 entries are spelled “ni”. The etymology calls it “to be”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ni
to be (to have a quality or identification)
ni
to be bloated, to be tumid
ọ̀kanone
Dialectal synonyms “only, alone” 36 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- nùkọn
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- nùkọn
- Ìkòròdú
- nùkọn
- Ṣágámù
- nùkọn
- Oǹdó
- nùkan
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- nọ̀kàn
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- nọ̀kàn
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- nùkan
- Òdè Èkìtì
- nùkan
- Àkúrẹ́
- nùkan
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- nùkan
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- nìkan
- Abẹ́òkúta
- nìkan
- Èkó
- nìkan
- Ìbàdàn
- nìkan
- Igbó Òrà
- nìkan
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- nìkan
- Ọ̀fà
- nìkan
- Ìlọrin
- nìkan
- Òtù
- nìkẹn
- Ìwéré Ilé
- nìkẹn
- Òkèhò
- nìkan
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- nìkẹn
- Ṣakí
- nìkẹn
- Tedé
- nìkẹn
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- nìkẹn
- Ọ̀yọ́
- nìkan
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- nìkan
- Ìkirè
- nìkan
- Ìwó
- nìkan
- Nàìjíríà
- nìkan
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- nìkan
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- sɔ̃́ŋú
- Atakpamɛ
- sɔ̃́ŋú
- Est-Mono
- sɔ̃́ŋú
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- sɔ̃́ŋú
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “nikan”.
Reference:
en-nikan-yo-adv-SONraMFQ