agbeli
Appearance
Ewe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From agbe (“life”) + li (“to exist”), literally “there is life”, indicating the significance of cassava as a staple food in Ewe society.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àgbèlì (definite singular àgbèlì lá or àgbèlìà, collective plural àgbèlìwó, definite collective plural àgbèlìàwó)
Derived terms
[edit]- agbelidɔ (“woody fibers of cassava”)
- agbelidzĩe (“species of cassava”)
- agbelifufu (“fufu made from cassava”)
- agbelikaklo (“gari balls deep-fried in oil”)
- agbelikɔ, agbelidzokpo (“boiled cassava pieces”)
- agbelikpɔnɔ (“steamed cakes made from gari”)
- agbelimexe (“species of small yellow bird”)
- agbelimɔ (“pounded cassava”)
- agbelimɔkplẽ (“pounded cassava balls”)
- agbeliti (“cassava stick”)
- agbelitiɣie (“species of cassava”)
- agbelitsi (“drum made from cassava”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agbeli”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 172-3
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agbeli”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 104, 121
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agbeli”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 15