avulenu

Ewe

Etymology

From avulele (“peacemaking, reconciliation”) +‎ nu (“thing, material”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.vù.lé.nù/, [à.v͈ù.lé.n̺ù], [à.v͈ù.lé.n̪ù]

Noun

àvùlénù (definite singular àvùlénù lá or àvùlénùà, singular only)

  1. atonement, propitiation

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “avulenu”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 536
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