avunvi
Gun
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *avṹ (“dog”) + Proto-Gbe *-ví (“child”).[1] By surface analysis, àvún (“dog”) + -ví (“diminutive suffix”). Cognates include Fon avùnví
Pronunciation
Noun
àvúnví (plural àvúnví lɛ́ or àvúnví lẹ́)
- puppy
- Àvúnví lɔ́ tò axwá dó ná é má mɔ̀ onɔ̀ étɔ̀n wùtú / Àvúnví lọ́ tò awhá dó ná é má mọ̀ onọ̀ étọ̀n wùtú ― The puppy is crying because it doesn't see its mother
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), pages 213-4