amenuveve

Ewe

Etymology

Nominalization of ve ame nu (“to have mercy”), from ame (“person”) +‎ nu (“thing, matter”) + reduplication of ve (“to regret”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mè.nú.vè.vè/, [à.mè.n̺ú.v͈è.v͈è], [à.mè.n̪ú.v͈è.v͈è]

Noun

àmènúvèvè (definite singular àmènúvèvè lá or àmènúvèvèà, singular only)

  1. mercy, grace, compassion
    Synonym: nublanuikpɔkpɔ

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “amenuveve”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 349
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “amenuveve”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 22, 54, 125
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