abẹ

Cognate with Yoruba abẹ (“blade”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ bẹ (“to cut in small pieces”)

• IPA^(key): /á.bɛ̄/

ábẹ

1. pocketknife, penknife

• ábẹ-àfù (“razor blade”)

• John Idakwoji (12 February 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ā.bɛ́/

abẹ́

1. under
2. (euphemistic) vagina

   Synonyms: òbò, ojú-ara

Cognate with Igala ábẹ (“pocketknife”), Doublet of ọ̀bẹ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-bɛ, equivalent to a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ bẹ (“to cut”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.bɛ̄/

abẹ

1. blade

   Synonym: ọ̀bẹ

2. scalpel

• iṣẹ́ abẹ (“surgery”)
• abẹ fẹ́lẹ́