amegãxi

Ewe

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mè.ɡã́.xì/

Noun

àmègã́xì (definite singular àmègã́xì lá or àmègã́xìà, plural àmègã́xìwó, definite plural àmègã́xìàwó)

  1. wolf (animal)
    Synonym: amegãgbetɔ (colloquial)
  2. (archaic, dialectal) hyena
    Synonym: gana

Derived terms

  • amegãxivi (“wolf cub”)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “amegãxi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 346
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “amegãxi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 100, 216
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “amegãxi”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 22
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