atikewɔla

Ewe

Etymology

From atike (“medicine”) +‎ wɔ (“to do”) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.tí.kè.ɰɔ̀.lá/, [à.t̪í.kè.wɔ̀.lá]

Noun

àtíkèwɔ̀lá (definite singular àtíkèwɔ̀lá lá or àtíkèwɔ̀láá, plural àtíkèwɔ̀láwó, definite plural àtíkèwɔ̀lááwó)

  1. doctor
    Synonyms: amatsiwɔla, amatsitɔ, dɔyɔla, ɖɔkta, gbedala

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “atikewɔla”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 467
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “atikewɔla”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 13
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “atikewɔla”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 29
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