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Translingual
Symbol
kpe
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kpelle.
See also
Ewe
Etymology 1
From Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”). Cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé, Adja kpé and Gun kpé. Compare Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”).
Verb
kpe
- to meet
Etymology 2
Noun
kpe
- stone
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 219
Gun
Etymology 1
From Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”). Cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé, Adja kpé, Ewe kpe. Compare Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”)
Pronunciation
Verb
kpé (Benin)
- to meet
- to accompany
Etymology 2
Possibly from Yoruba pé (“to be enough”), cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé
Pronunciation
Verb
kpé (Benin)
- to be enough
- to suffice
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 219
Isoko
Verb
kpe
- to kill
Wobé
Pronunciation
Adjective
kpe
- black, green, blue