Fromà-(“nominalizing prefix”) +kùkọ(“partial reduplication ofkọ(“to crow”)”), literally“That which crows”, cognate withIgalaàìkọ,Igboọ̀kụkụ̀,Edoọkhọkhọ. Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*à-kɪ̀kɔ. Likely related distantly toProto-Bantu*nkókó, of onomatopoeic origin. SeeAkanakokɔ and other cognates in Benue-Congo
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