Where does “ilakaka” come from?

ilakaka (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba àkàkà, from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

ilakaka (Yoruba): effort, struggle

Definitions

  1. effort, struggle

Ancestry of “ilakaka”, step by step

ilakaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba àkàkà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàkàkàlong stride, giant step
2Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu à- →Every word from Yoruba àkàkà →