aɖe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ade"

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ɖɛ́.[1] Cognates include Fon ɖɛ̌, Saxwe Gbe ɛɖɛ́, Adja aɖe, Gun odẹ́, Ayizo ɖɛɛ. Possibly cognate with Gikyode ɔnandii and Nkonya ɔdandʋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɖè/

Noun

àɖè (definite singular àɖè lá or àɖèà, plural àɖèwó, definite plural àɖèàwó)

  1. language, speech, idiom
  2. tongue

References

  1. ^ 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 [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 107
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “aɖe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (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
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