alẽnɔ

See also: aleno and alenò

Ewe

Etymology

From alẽ (“sheep”) +‎ -nɔ (female animal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.lẽ́.nɔ̀/, [à.lẽ́.n̺ɔ̀], [à.lẽ́.n̪ɔ̀]

Noun

àlẽ́nɔ̀ (definite singular àlẽ́nɔ̀ lá or àlẽ́nɔ̀à, plural àlẽ́nɔ̀wó, definite plural àlẽ́nɔ̀àwó)

  1. ewe (female sheep)

See also

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “alẽnɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 323
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “alẽnɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 128
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “alẽnɔ”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 19
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