![]() | This Proto-Yoruboid entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
For a more widespread definition for hand and arm, see*ɔ́-ɓɔ́. While in Yoruba the term has come to meanarm orwing, it likely originally as a term for wing or shoulder. See proposedProto-Igboid*έ-ká,Nupeekpá. Yoruboid descendant termèjìká orójíká may also come from the same root.
*á-ká