akike
Yoruba
Etymology
From
à-
(
“
nominalizing prefix
”
)
+
kíké
(
“
partial reduplication of
ké
to cut
”
)
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/à.kí.ké/
Noun
àkíké
(
Ikalẹ
,
Ekiti
)
alternative form of
àáké
(
“
axe
”
)
Synonym:
ẹdùn