agble

Ewe

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡blè/, [à.ɡ͡bl̃è], [à.ɡ͡blè]

Noun

àgblè (definite singular àgblè lá or àgblèà, plural àgblèwó, definite plural àgblèàwó)

farm, field
Synonyms: bo, boƒo (both archaic)
plantation

Derived terms

agbledede, agbledeɣie (“agriculture”)
agbledegoe (“traditional loincloth during farming”)
agbledela (“farmer”)
agbledemɔ (“tractor”)
agbledɔ (“farm work”)
agbledɔwɔla (“farmworker”)
agbledzidzela (“surveyor”)
agbledzɔla (“field warden”)
agbledzɔvi, agblemegbɔvi (“field warden”)
agbledzɔxɔ, agblexɔ (“hut, cabin”)
agblefi (“field mouse”)
agblegbɔ̃e (“heron”)
agblegbɔlɛ̃ (“weasel”)
agbleha (“field song”)
agblekɔƒɛ (“shed”)
agblelele (“land assessment”)
agblelika (“neighbouring farm”)
agblelo, agbleloe (“common house gecko”, literally “field crocodile”)
agblemenu (“field harvest”)
agblenu (“hoe”)
agblenuti (“hoe handle”)
agblenyigba (“farm ground”)
agbleŋlɔla (“farmworker”)
agbleŋlɔŋlɔ, agbleŋɔŋlɔ (“ploughing”)
agbleŋɔli (“farming season”)
agbleta (“countryside”)
agbletatɔ (“countryman”)
agbletɔ (“farmowner”)
agbletɔɖuɖui (“firstfruit”)
agbletɔƒu (“traditional drum used to accompany field songs”)
agbletɔɣi (time between 8-10 am, literally “going to the field”) (historical)
agblexe (“guinea fowl”)
agblezigbe (“weekday”) (archaic)
de agble (“to farm”)

References

Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agble”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 178-9
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agble”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 6, 63-4
Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agble”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 15