ukù
noun
/ū.kù/
Definitions
- Ìkálẹ̀ and Ìjẹ̀bú form of ikùn (“stomach”)
Dialect
Ọ̀bà Àkókó, Ìjẹ̀bú Òde, Àgọ́ Ìwòyè, Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó, Ẹ̀pẹ́, Ìkẹ́nnẹ́, Ìkòròdú, Òde Rẹ́mọ, Ṣágámù, Òkìtìpupa, Oǹdó, Àdó Èkìtì, Ìfàkì Èkìtì, Àkúrẹ́, Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín/Ùláá
dialect form of
ikùn
noun
Etymology
u- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kù (“to grumble”)
Component words
unominalizing prefix
2 entries are spelled “u”. The etymology calls it “nominalizing prefix”, 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/)
kùto grumble
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “uku”.
Reference:
en-uku-yo-noun-5pw-MAPJ