agbledela

Ewe

Etymology

From agble (“farm”) +‎ de (“to arrive”) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡blè.dè.lá/, [à.ɡ͡bl̃è.d̪è.lá], [à.ɡ͡blè.d̪è.lá]

Noun

àgblèdèlá (definite singular àgblèdèlá lá or àgblèdèláá, plural àgblèdèláwó, definite plural àgblèdèlááwó)

  1. farmer (worker)
    Synonym: boƒodela (archaic)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agbledela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 178
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agbledela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 22, 63
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agbledela”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 15
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