kẹkẹ

• kɛ̀kɛ́ (Benin)

Likely from Yoruba kẹ̀kẹ́. Cognates include Fon kɛkɛ́, Saxwe Gbe gɛ̀kɛ́, Adja keke, Nupe kyàkyá, Edo ikẹkẹ, Ifè kɛ̀kɛ́

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ́/

kẹ̀kẹ́ (plural kẹ̀kẹ́ lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. bike

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

kẹ́kẹ́

1. mongoose, genet

   Synonyms: kẹ́kẹ́-wàá, agbókotọ́yà

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ́/

kẹ̀kẹ́

1. bicycle, cart, carriage

   Synonyms: básíkùlù, básíkù

• ọkọ̀ (“vehicle”)

• → Nupe: kèké, kyàkyá
• → Edo: ikẹkẹ

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̄.kɛ̄/

kẹkẹ

1. of a ticking sound (for example, of a clock)

kẹkẹ

1. second

   Synonym: ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

kẹ́kẹ́

1. A type of Yoruba tribal scarification, characterized by being much more bolder, in comparison to the gọ̀m̀bọ́. They are mainly adorned by the Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́

   Synonym: gọ̀m̀bọ́.

• Dingemanse, Mark. The Body in Yorùbá:A Linguistic Study , 2006

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́.kɛ́/

kẹ́kẹ́

1. of a high-pitched cackling sound

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̀.kɛ̀/

kẹ̀kẹ̀

1. (of an object) splitting wide open
2. (of an object) running in a spread out posture