Where does “Kọjọda” come from?
Kọjọda (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu kí-.
Kọjọda (Yoruba): The Yoruba calendar, originally used among the Ìjẹ̀bú people. It originally was a lunar calendar consisting of 4 days, 91 weeks, and 13 months with 7 weeks in each month. The first month is Òkúdù. It was later modernized to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar
Definitions
- The Yoruba calendar, originally used among the Ìjẹ̀bú people. It originally was a lunar calendar consisting of 4 days, 91 weeks, and 13 months with 7 weeks in each month. The first month is Òkúdù. It was later modernized to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar
Ancestry of “Kọjọda”, step by step
Kọjọda traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Bantu kí-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Bantu | kí- | — |
via Yoruba dá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | dá | to pour (down or into) |
via Yoruba ọjọ́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | ọjọ́ | — |