Akoko

Nupe Etymology From nup yo Àkókó. Pronunciation nup /à.kó.kó/ Proper noun proper noun Àkókó The Akoko sub-group of Yoruba The Akoko dialects of Yoruba nup Ethnonyms Languages Yoruba Etymology A folk etymology states, yo à- kókó nominalizing prefix reduplication of yo kó "to kidnap" The ones who were kidnapped; This is said to come from the fact that many Àkókó settlements were raided and the people kidnapped and sold into slavery during the warring periods of the 1700s and 1800s. Pronunciation Àkókó Proper noun Àkókó The Akoko sub-group of Yoruba The Akoko dialects of Yoruba, comprising of the western and eastern Akoko dialects and the yo Ào dialect. yo Dialects Ethnonyms