Meaning of oókan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. kobo or cent
2. center
3. Equivalent to 'one': Honorific alternative letter-case form of one, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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Examples

“Ebi kò mọ̀ pé oókan kò sí lọ́wọ́, bí ojúmọ́ bá ti mọ́, ebi a máa pani”

Hunger does not know that one is in penury, each waking day, one is bound to be hungry

“Ṣẹ́ aṣọ funfun po dé oókan àyà òkú”

Fold over the white cloth to reach the center of the corpse's chest

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