abolo

Asturian

Verb

abolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abolir

Esperanto

Etymology

From aboli +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbolo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Hyphenation: a‧bo‧lo

Noun

abolo (accusative singular abolon, plural aboloj, accusative plural abolojn)

  1. abolition, abrogation

Ewe

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Portuguese bolo (“cake”). Compare Akan abodoo (“bread”) and Ga aboloo (“bread”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.bó.lò/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

àbólò (definite singular àbólò lá or àbólòà, plural àbólòwó, definite plural àbólòàwó)

  1. a traditional cornflour bread, fermented and steamed in fist-sized loaves
  2. (by extension) Western-style bread

Derived terms

  • abolo fafa (“soaked bread”)
  • abolo tsotso (“sliced bread”)
  • aboloɖutɔ (“bread and butter, bare necessities”, literally “belonging to bread-eating”)
  • aboloƒoƒe (“bakery”)
  • aboloƒola (“baker”)
  • abolokaka (“Holy Communion, breaking of the bread”)
  • abolokpoti (“plain bread”)
  • abolomeƒe (“bakery”)
  • abolomela (“baker”)
  • abolotɔ (“bread seller”)
  • abolotu me (“crumb (of bread)”)
  • abolovivi (“cake”)
  • abolowɔƒe (“bakery”)
  • abolowɔla (“baker”)
  • abolowɔŋgba (“leaf for baking bread”)
  • abolowɔwɔ (“breadmaking”)
  • abolowuwlui (“breadcrumbs (together)”)
  • yevubolo (“bread”, literally “white person's bread”)

References

  1. ^ Dakubu, M. E. K. (2012) “The Portuguese language on the Gold Coast, 1471-1807”, in Ghana Journal of Linguistics‎[1], volume 1, number 1, Linguistics Association of Ghana, page 25
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “abolo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 25
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “abolo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 35
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “abolo”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 7

Portuguese

Verb

abolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abolar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbolo/ [aˈβ̞o.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: a‧bo‧lo

Verb

abolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abolir
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.