adelã

See also: adela, Adela, Adéla, and Adelą

Ewe

Etymology

From ade (“hunting”) +‎ lã (“meat, flesh”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.dè.lã̀/, [à.d̪è.lã̀]

Noun

àdèlã̀ (definite singular àdèlã̀ lá or àdèlã̀à, collective plural àdèlã̀wó, definite collective plural àdèlã̀àwó)

  1. game (wild animals hunted for food)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “adelã”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 45
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “adelã”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 101,214
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “adelã”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 8
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