ahasiwɔwɔ

Ewe

Etymology

Nominalization of wɔ ahasi (“to fornicate”), from ahasi (“prostitution”) + reduplication of wɔ (“to make”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.há.sì.ɰɔ̀.ɰɔ̀/, [à.ʁá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀ ~ à.ʕá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀ ~ à.ɦá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀]

Noun

àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀ (definite singular àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀ lá or àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀à, singular only)

  1. prostitution, fornication, adultery
    Synonym: matrewɔwɔ (archaic)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “ahasiwɔwɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 216-7
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “ahasiwɔwɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 43, 99
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