oókan
noun
/ōó.ꜜkã̄/
Definitions
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kobo or cent
Ebi kò mọ̀ pé oókan kò sí lọ́wọ́, bí ojúmọ́ bá ti mọ́, ebi a máa pani Hunger does not know that one is in penury, each waking day, one is bound to be hungry
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center
Ṣẹ́ aṣọ funfun po dé oókan àyà òkú Fold over the white cloth to reach the center of the corpse's chest
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “oókan”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Derived from owó (“cowrie”) + ọ̀kan (“one”).
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ookan”.
Reference:
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