Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/á-ká

• *í-ká

For a more widespread definition for hand and arm, see *ɔ́-ɓɔ́. While in Yoruba the term has come to mean arm or wing, it likely originally as a term for wing or shoulder. See proposed Proto-Igboid *έ-ká, Nupe ekpá. Yoruboid descendant term èjìká or ójíká may also come from the same root.

• IPA^(key): /á.ká/

*á-ká

1. arm, wing
2. shoulder

• *ɔ́-ɓɔ́

• Yoruba: apá (“arm”)
• Yoruba: aká (“arm, wing”) (Central Yoruba dialects)
• Olukumi: áká (“shoulder, wing”)
• Igala: íká (“wing”)
• Ifè: iká (“wing”)