atsu

See also: atsü

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *atsú. Cognates include Fon asú, Gun asú, Saxwe Gbe asú and Aja (West Africa) ashú, asú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.t͡sú/

Noun

àtsú (definite singular àtsú lá or àtsúá, plural àtsúwó, definite plural àtsúáwó)

1. man, male (as opposed to being a woman)

   Coordinate term: asi

2. spouse, (chiefly) husband

   Synonyms: srɔ̃, srɔ̃ŋutsu

   Coordinate term: asi

3. name given to the eldest twin brother, i.e. atsu kple atsuƒoe (“two boys”) or atsu kple tsɛ (“boy and girl”)

   Coordinate terms: atsuƒoe, atsutsɛ, tsɛ

Derived terms

• atsuɖeɖe (“(levirate) marriage”)
• atsuɖeɖekɔɖiɖi (“traditional children's game simulating marriage”)
• atsuƒe (“house owned by husband”)
• Atsuƒoe (“name given to younger twin sister with older brother”)
• atsugbegbe (“divorce”)
• Atsukagbe (“name given to eldest of twin boys”) (dialectal)
• atsunɔviwɔwɔ (“traditional mourning ceremony”)
• atsuɔdzonɔɔdzo (“buffalo, roan antelope”) (colloquial)
• atsusi (“rival, co-wife”)
• atsusikple (“concubine, co-wife”)
• atsusikpɔƒe (“to give a sidelong look”, literally “the co-wife's glance”) (colloquial)
• atsusivi (“nephew”)
• Atsutsɛ (“name given to youngest of twin boys”)

Adjective

àtsú

1. masculine, strong, powerful

Derived terms

• atsuatsu (“efficiently”)

Related terms

• ŋutsu
• -tsu

See also

• ame (“man, as opposed to being an animal”)

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “atsu”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 511-3
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “atsu”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 43, 74, 121
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “atsu”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 30

Japanese

Romanization

atsu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あつ