agbeli

Ewe

Etymology

From agbe (“life”) +‎ li (“to exist”), literally “there is life”, indicating the significance of cassava as a staple food in Ewe society.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bè.lì/

Noun

àgbèlì (definite singular àgbèlì lá or àgbèlìà, collective plural àgbèlìwó, definite collective plural àgbèlìàwó)

  1. cassava

Derived terms

  • agbelidɔ (“woody fibers of cassava”)
  • agbelidzĩe (“species of cassava”)
  • agbelifufu (“fufu made from cassava”)
  • agbelikaklo (“gari balls deep-fried in oil”)
  • agbelikɔ, agbelidzokpo (“boiled cassava pieces”)
  • agbelikpɔnɔ (“steamed cakes made from gari”)
  • agbelimexe (“species of small yellow bird”)
  • agbelimɔ (“pounded cassava”)
  • agbelimɔkplẽ (“pounded cassava balls”)
  • agbeliti (“cassava stick”)
  • agbelitiɣie (“species of cassava”)
  • agbelitsi (“drum made from cassava”)
  • folinya (“grated cassava”)
  • gali (“gari”)

References

  1. ^ Green, Lydia Jewl (2009) “A Preliminary Linguistic Analysis of Plant Names in Ikpaná (Logba), an Endangered Ghana Togo Mountain Language”, in ISP Collection‎[1], University of Southern California: SIT Digital Collections, page 43
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agbeli”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 172-3
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agbeli”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 104, 121
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agbeli”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 15
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