abable

Ewe

Alternative forms

• (archaic) ablɔbe

Etymology

From earlier ablɔbe, borrowed from Akan aborɔbɛ (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.bà.blé/, [à.bà.bl̃é], [à.bà.blé]

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Noun

àbàblé (definite singular àbàblé lá or àbàbléá, plural àbàbléwó, definite plural àbàbléáwó)

1. pineapple

   Synonym: atɔtɔ

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “abable”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 8