avunɔ

Ewe

Alternative forms

  • avũnɔ (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From avu (“dog”) +‎ -nɔ (female animal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.vǔ.nɔ̀/, [à.v͈ǔ.n̺ɔ̀], [à.v͈ǔ.n̪ɔ̀]

Noun

àvǔnɔ̀ (definite singular àvǔnɔ̀ lá or àvǔnɔ̀à, plural àvǔnɔ̀wó, definite plural àvǔnɔ̀àwó)

  1. female dog, bitch

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “avunɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 537
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “avunɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 99
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