ukú
noun
/ū.kú/
ikú (alternative)
Definitions
- death
Etymology
u- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) + kú (“to die”)
Component words
unon-gerundive nominalizer
2 entries are spelled “u”. The etymology calls it “non-gerundive nominalizer”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
u
The twenty-third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ú and written in the Latin script.
u
him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /u/)
kúto die
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “uku”.
Reference:
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