aʋatsokala

Ewe

Etymology

From aʋatsokaka (“lie, untruth”) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.βà.t͡só.kà.lá/

Noun

àʋàtsókàlá (definite singular àʋàtsókàlá lá or àʋàtsókàláá, plural àʋàtsókàláwó, definite plural àʋàtsókàlááwó)

  1. liar, deceiver
    Synonym: adzeɖala

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “aʋatsokala”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 548
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “aʋatsokala”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 119
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “aʋatsokala”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 31
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