olekuku

== Olukumi == === Etymology === From a widespread Niger-Congo root, Blench (2003) proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-kuku, likely Onomatopoeic. See possible reconstruction Proto-Yoruboid *è-lúkùkù. Compare with Nupe lukuku, Urhobo inékuku, Yoruba èrukùkù, Igbo kpalakwukwu, Ebira arekuku, Ifè àlúŋ̀kùkù, Edo elikhukhu, possibly related to Ibibio ebomon-kuku. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ō.lé.kù.kù/ === Noun === olékùkù pigeon