ọ̀kan
num
/ɔ̀.kã̄/
ìkan (alternative)
Definitions
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one
Fún mi ní ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹja yẹn. Give me one of those fish.Àtowóolówó àtowó-ẹni, kí ọ̀kan ṣáà má ti wọ́nni níbẹ̀. Both somebody else's money and personal money, may we not lack whichever one (proverb on a final resort).
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ọ̀kan”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-wóka̰. Likely cognates include Igala ókà, Ifè kã̀, Itsekiri ọkan, and Olukumi ọ̀kan.
Dialectal synonyms “one” 27 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- inẹ́
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- inẹ́
- Ìkòròdú
- inẹ́
- Ṣágámù
- inẹ́
- Òkìtìpupa
- inẹ́
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- ọ̀kan
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Èkó
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Ìbàdàn
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Ìlọrin
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Nàìjíríà
- ọ̀kanìkanení
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ɔ̀kanìkanení
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- ìkọ̀niní
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- ɔ̀kã̀
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- ení
- Tchaourou
- ení
- Baàtɛ
- ení
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- òbúɔ̀kànmíní
- Akpáré
- ɔ̀kã̀
- Atakpamɛ
- ɔ̀kã̀
- Boko
- ɛnɛ́
- Moretan
- òkã̀
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔ̀kã̀
- Kandi
- àkã
- Kambole
- akã́
- Manigri
- ɛnɛ́
Used in
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ọkan”.
Reference:
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