adọvi

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-dɔ-, *-dɔví.[1] By surface analysis, adọ̀ (“intestine/innards”) +‎ -ví (“diminutive suffix”). Cognates include Fon adɔ̀ví, Fon adɔvi, Saxwe Gbe dɔvi and Adja dɔvi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.dɔ̀.ví/

Noun

adọ̀ví (plural adọ̀ví lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. intestine

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 212
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