pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
noun
/k͡pɛ́.k͡pɛ́.jɛ̄/
Definitions
- duck
Etymology
Compare with Itsekiri kpákpáyẹkẹ, Olukumi kpẹ́kpẹ́yẹ, Urhobo ikpukpuyẹkẹ, Edo ekpákpáyẹ, Ebira upẹpẹyẹ, The origin of the term is not clear, while it has cognates with Itsekiri and Olukumi, its existence in Baatonum and Edo could suggest that it is a borrowing from Edo?
Dialectal synonyms “duck” 25 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- pápáyẹkẹ
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- pápáyẹkẹ
- Ìkòròdú
- pápáyẹkẹ
- Ṣágámù
- pápáyẹkẹ
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- kpákpáyẹkẹ
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- kpẹ́kpẹ́yẹ
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Àkúrẹ́
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Òkè Igbó
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
Northwest Yoruba
- Èkó
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìbàdàn
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìsin LGA
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ìlọrin
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Ọ̀yọ́
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Nàìjíríà
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- kpɛ́kpɛ́yɛ
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- kpákpá
- Atakpamɛ
- kpákpá
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- kpákpá
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
kpákpáyẹBaatonum
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “pẹpẹyẹ”.
Reference:
en-pẹpẹyẹ-yo-noun-LSNw2yRH