afakaka

Ewe

Etymology

From afa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.fá.kà.kà/, [à.f͈á.kà.kà]

Noun

àfákàkà (definite singular àfákàkà lá or àfákàkàà, singular only)

  1. fortune-telling, divination

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “afakaka”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 131
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “afakaka”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 209