akɔɖu

Ewe

Etymology

From a- (“will”, future/predictive prefix) +‎ kɔ (“to cut down”) +‎ ɖu (“to eat”), literally “[you] will cut down [and] eat”, signfiying the fruit's immediate and raw consumption unlike the plaintain (abladzo).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.kɔ̀.ɖú/

Noun

àkɔ̀ɖú (definite singular àkɔ̀ɖú lá or àkɔ̀ɖúá, plural àkɔ̀ɖúwó, definite plural àkɔ̀ɖúáwó)

  1. banana

Derived terms

  • akɔɖudzogbɔ (“banana porridge”)
  • akɔɖugble (“banana plantation”)
  • akɔɖukpo (“banana bunch”)
  • akɔɖuti (“banana tree”)

References

  1. ^ Amenorvi, C. R., Danku Diaba, K. (2023) “Literary Etymologies of The Ewe Names of Some Fruits”, in African Journal of Applied Research, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, page 146 of 139–152
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “akɔɖu”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 272
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “akɔɖu”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 22
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “akɔɖu”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 18
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