mọ-ọnkọ-mọ-ọnka

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • (nonstandard spelling) mọ̀ọ́kọ-mọ̀ọ́kà
  • (nonstandard spelling) mọ̀ọ́nkọ-mọ̀ọ́nkà

Etymology

From mọ̀-ọ́nkọ (“to know how to write”) +‎ mọ̀-ọ́nkà (“to know how to read”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kɔ̄.mɔ̃̀ɔ̃́.kà/

Verb

mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà

  1. to be literate; to know how to read and write
    Near-synonym: mọ̀wé

Noun

mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà

  1. (by extension) literacy
    • 2021, Luqman Abísọ́lá Kíaríbẹ̀ẹ́, “Ewì Gẹ́gẹ́ Bí Ètè Ogun Jíjà Láwùjọ”, in Yoruba Studies Review‎[1], volume 6, number 1, Yunifásitì Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun, Nàìjíríà: LibraryPress@UF, →DOI, →ISSN, 2.0 Ewì àti Èdè Ewì, page 76:
      Kí àṣà mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà tó dé ni ẹ̀yá Yorùbá ti ń ké ewì, irúfẹ́ ewì yìí ni a mọ̀ sí ewì alohùn.
      Before the advent of literacy, Yoruba people were reciting poetry, and this kind of poetry is what we know as oral poetry.

Derived terms

  • ṣáájú ìmọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà (“preliterate”)
  • àìmọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà (“illiteracy”)

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), “mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[2] (in Yoruba), volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
  • Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (1992), “literacy”, in Quadrilingual Glossary of Legislative Terms (English-Hausa-Igbo-Yoruba), Lagos: Federal Cabinet Office and Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, page 149
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