avulela

Ewe

Etymology

From avulele (“peacemaking, reconciliation”) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.vù.lé.lá/, [à.v͈ù.lé.lá]

Noun

àvùlélá (definite singular àvùlélá lá or àvùléláá, plural àvùléláwó, definite plural àvùlélááwó)

  1. peacemaker, mediator, reconciliator
    Synonym: amekpatala

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “avulela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 536
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “avulela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 70, 200
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “avulela”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 30
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