ẹka

• ọkà

Cognate with Igbo ọkà.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kà/

ẹkà

1. (Ekiti) corn, maize

   Synonyms: àgbàdo, yangan, eginrin, eginrin àgbàdo, ẹlẹ́pà, ìjẹ́rẹ́

Likely a Doublet of ìka

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kā/

ẹ̀ka

1. branch, offshoot

   Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ẹtún

   igi náàá pẹ̀ka ― The tree has developed branches

2. (by extension) department, unit, section

   Synonym: apá

3. (by extension, linguistics) dialect

   Synonym: ẹ̀ka-èdè

4. type

   Synonym: irú

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to read, to recite”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kà/

ẹ̀ka

1. recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge