ọkan

== Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-wóka̰. Likely cognates include Igala ókà, Ifè kã̀, Itsekiri ọkan, and Olukumi ọ̀kan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kã̄/ ==== Numeral ==== ọ̀kan one Synonym: ení ===== Alternative forms ===== ìkan ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Lucumí: okán === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kã̄/ ==== Noun ==== ọ̀kan Sorindeia juglandifolia === Etymology 3 === Likely a Proto-Yoruba innovation that displaced ẹ̀dọ̀ (“chest, heart, emotion”), which served as the term for the organ for the seat of emotion (heart). In Northwest Yoruba and Standard Yoruba, this term semantically shifted to "liver," while certain Yoruba dialects maintain the semantic meaning of ẹ̀dọ̀ "emotion, feeling." However, almost all Yoruba dialects refer to the heart organ as "ọkàn," suggesting that it was a Proto-Yoruba innovation, see Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-kã̀, with it likely not existing in Proto-Edekiri. Yoruba dialects like Southeast Yoruba not descended from Proto-Yoruba likely thus borrowed the word from nearby Proto-Yoruba speakers. Evidence of pre-Yoruba roots may be found in a possible cognate, Olukumi akan (“kidney”), suggesting the term may have been a general root for internal organs, in a similar fashion to the word fùkù. ==== Alternative forms ==== ọkọ̀n (Ekiti, Owe) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kã̀/ ==== Noun ==== ọkàn physical heart Synonym: ẹ̀dọ̀ mind, psychological heart bravery Synonyms: àyà, ìgboyà thought ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ajẹmọ́-ìṣẹ́-ọkàn (“psychological”) ===== Descendants ===== → Lucumí: okán === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kã̄/ ==== Noun ==== ọkan Uapaca guineensis (red-cedar, rikio, sugar-plum) === Etymology 5 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kã̄/ ==== Noun ==== ọkan Cylicodiscus gabunensis, a mimosa-like tree === Etymology 6 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.kã́/ ==== Noun ==== ọkán Kinkeliba, of west Africa, a shrub with leaves used in traditional medicine. === References === Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[5], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN Gbile, Z. O. (1984), Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria Michika, Sachnine (1997), Dictionnaire usuel yorùbá-français suivi d'un index français-yorùbá (in French), Ibadan, Nigeria: Éditions Karthala and IFRA-Ibadan, →ISBN, page 220 Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997), Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 774