opẹn

See also: open and ôpen

Gun

Alternative forms

  • okpɛ́n, kpɛ́n (Benin)
  • pẹ́n

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-kpɛ̃́, *kpẽ́.[1] Cognates include Fon kpɛ́n, Saxwe Gbe ɛkpyɔ́n (“cough (n.)”), Saxwe Gbe kpɛ́n (“cough (v.)”), Adja ekpɛn (“cough (n.)”), Adja kpɛ́n (“cough (v.)”), Ewe kpeƒoame (“cough (n.)”), Ewe kpekpe (“cough (v.)”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.k͡pɛ̃́/

Noun

opẹ́n (plural opẹ́n lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. cough

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-kpɛ̃, *kpẽ.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.k͡pɛ̃̀/
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Noun

opẹ̀n (plural opẹ̀n lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. trumpet

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 213
  2. ^ 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 216
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