agbaƒuti

Ewe

Etymology

From agba (“scaffolding”) +‎ ƒu (“bone”) +‎ ti (“to jump (out)”) or agbaƒu (“rib”) +‎ ti (“to jump (out)”), alluding to the bones sticking out of the rib cage (scaffolding).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɸú.tì/, [à.ɡ͡bà.ɸú.t̪ì]

Noun

àgbàƒútì (definite singular àgbàƒútì lá or àgbàƒútìà, plural àgbàƒútìwó, definite plural àgbàƒútìàwó)

  1. rib
    Synonyms: ablameƒu, agbaƒu, axaƒu, axaƒuti

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agbaƒuti”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 167
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agbaƒuti”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 145
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