iroko
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]iroko (countable and uncountable, plural irokos)
- A hardwood obtained from several African trees, especially of the species Milicia excelsa.
iroko（#1） - The tree itself.
- 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 15:
- I was stuck high in the giant iroko tree that grew in the center of town.
Translations
[edit]Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)
Anagrams
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[edit]iroko
Yoruba
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìrókò
- iroko, African teak, Nigerian teak, rock elm (Milicia excelsa[1] syn. Chlorophora excelsa[2][3][4]);[5] regarded as a sacred tree by the Yoruba people.[5][3]
Derived terms
[edit]- Ìrókò (“The spirit believed to reside in iroko trees”)
- ọmọdé bú ìrókò ó bojú wo ẹ̀yìn; ó ti gbàgbé pé olúwere kìí pa ẹni lóòjọ́ (proverb)[6]
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, Language, and the African Past, p. 201. Lanham and New York and Toronto and Oxford: AltaMira Press.
- ^ Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí (2015). Orature and Yorùbá Riddles, p. 240. New York, NY: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN. DOI 10.1057/9781137502636
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Doris, David T. (2011). Vigilant Things: On Thieves, Yoruba Anti-Aesthetics, and The Strange Fates of Ordinary Objects in Nigeria, p. 224. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. →ISBN
- ^ Ojuade, Jeleel O. (2011). "African Dance in Diaspora: The Examples of Nigerian Yoruba bàtá and dùndún," p. 389. In Kene Igweonu (ed.), Trends in Twenty-first Century African Theatre and Performance, pp. 385–406. Amsterdam and New York, NY: Rodopi.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Abiodun, Rowland (2014). Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art, p. 322. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Faleti, Ayo (2011). Yoruba Proverbs and Their Contexts: A Simplication, p. 206. Lulu. →ISBN
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- en:Mulberry family plants
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- yo:Mulberry family plants