abɔ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "abo"
Ewe
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *-bá, *-bɔ́.[1] Cognates include Fon abɔ́, Gun abɔ́, Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ and Adja abá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.bɔ̌/
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Noun
àbɔ̌ (definite singular àbɔ̌ lá or àbɔ̌á, plural àbɔ̌wó, definite plural àbɔ̌áwó)
Derived terms
- abɔɖega (“bell”)
- abɔɖekatɔ, abɔɖekɛtɔ (“one-armed person”)
- abɔƒu (“arm bone”)
- abɔƒuti (“flexor muscles of the forearm”)
- abɔgɛ, abɔga (“upper arm armlet”)
- abɔgligo (“elbow”)
- abɔgba (“shoulder blade, scapula”)
- abɔgbaƒu (“shoulder blade, scapula”)
- abɔka (“arm nerve”)
- abɔkuglui, abɔklugui (“elbow”, traditional measure of length)
- abɔkpo (“residual limb”)
- abɔkpo (“upper arm armlet”)
- abɔkpotɔ, abɔkpuitɔ (“amputee”)
- abɔlɛme (“anterior forearm”)
- abɔnɔ (“strained arm”)
- abɔŋɔŋlɔ (“gardening”)
- abɔŋɔŋlɔla (“gardener”)
- abɔsobui (“brachioradialis, muscular part of the forearm”)
- abɔta (“shoulder”)
- abɔtaƒu (“collarbone”)
- abɔtanu (“shoulder scarifications”)
- abɔtasisi (“vaccination”)
- abɔtasitike (“vaccine”)
Related terms
- alɔ (“hand”)
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 211
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “abɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 21
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “abɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 13
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “abɔ”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 7