Adeɛmekpɔxe
Appearance
Ewe
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ade(l)a (“hunter”) + me- (negation particle) + kpɔ (“to see”) + xe (“bird”), literally “[month where] the hunter did not find the bird”, traditionally referring to hunters unable to hunt animals, especially birds, due to foggy conditions during this period.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Àdèɛ́mékpɔ́xè
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “Adeɛmekpɔxe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 42
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “Adeɛmekpɔxe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 8