-vu

• -ví

From Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”),^[1] in turn yielding Gun òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Fon -vú, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi

• IPA^(key): /vú/

-vú

1. Forms a diminutive noun.

   onyì (“cow”) → onyìvú (“calf”, literally “little cow”)

   lɛ̀ngbɔ́ (“sheep”) → lɛ̀ngbɔ́vú (“lamb”, literally “little lamb”)

   gbɔ̀gbwɛ́ (“goat”) → gbɔ̀gbwɛ́vú (“kid”, literally “little goat”)

• -fu

-vu

1. suffix used to derive a noun or adjective from a verb with stem ending in a vowel

   ‎-legea (“to be loose”) + ‎-vu → ‎-legevu (“loose”)

   ‎-lemaa (“to be disabled”) + ‎-vu → ‎ulemavu (“disability”)