amegbetɔ

Ewe

Etymology

From ame (“person”) +‎ agbe (“life”) +‎ -tɔ (agent suffix), literally “person [who] possesses life”. Cognates include Fon gbɛ̀tɔ́, Gun gbɛ̀tɔ́, Saxwe Gbe gbɛ̀tɔ́ and Aja (West Africa) agbetɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.mè.ɡ͡bè.tɔ́/, [à.mè.ɡ͡bè.t̪ɔ́]

Noun

àmègbètɔ́ (definite singular àmègbètɔ́ lá or àmègbètɔ́á, plural àmègbètɔ́wó, definite plural àmègbètɔ́áwó)

1. human, person, man (as opposed to being an animal)

   Synonym: ame

Related terms

• ame

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “amegbetɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 348
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “amegbetɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 123
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “amegbetɔ”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 22