Avuvi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ewe avuvi (“puppy”),[1] from avu (“dog”) + the diminutive suffix -vi, which may be related to vi (“little; child”);[2] or the equivalent in another Gbe language.[3]
Noun[edit]
Avuvi (plural Avuvis)
- Synonym of Basenji.
References[edit]
- ^ Language Guide: Ewe Version, sixth impression edition, Bureau of Ghana Languages, 1990, →OCLC, page 16
- ^ Clement K. I. Appah & Nana Aba Appiah Amfo (2011) “The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan”, in Lexis[1], number 6, OpenEdition.org, →ISSN, page 88
- ^ Emmanuelle Occansei (2012 July) “Avuvi – Aboriginal Dog Of Africa”, in Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs[2], number 32, archived from the original on 2022-11-13, page 22