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Ewe
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *-ɖɛ́. Cognates include Fon ɖɛ̌, Saxwe Gbe ɛɖɛ́, Adja aɖe, Gun odẹ́, Ayizo ɖɛɛ. Possibly cognate with Gikyode ɔnandii and Nkonya ɔdandʋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
àɖè (definite singular àɖè lá or àɖèà, plural àɖèwó, definite plural àɖèàwó)
- language, speech, idiom
- tongue
References
- ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 224
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “aɖe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 107
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “aɖe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 224
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “aɖe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 10