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

  • IPA(key): /à.vṹ.ví/
  • Audio (Nigeria):(file)

Noun

àvúnví (plural àvúnví lɛ́ or àvúnví lẹ́)

  1. puppy
    Àvúnví lɔ́ tò axwá dó ná é má mɔ̀ onɔ̀ étɔ̀n wùtú / Àvúnví lọ́ tò awhá dó ná é má mọ̀ onọ̀ étọ̀n wùtúThe puppy is crying because it doesn't see its mother

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), pages 213-4