asieke

Ewe

Ewe numbers (edit)
90
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    Cardinal: asieke
    Ordinal: asiekelia

Etymology

From asi (“hand”) +‎ ke (“to open up”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.sí.é.kè/, [à.ʃí.é.kè]

Numeral

àsíékè

  1. nine

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 154
  • Dzablu-Kumah, Simon Wellington (2015) Ulrike Claudi, Johannes Ayao Ossey, editors, Basic Ewe for Foreign Students‎[1], 2nd edition, Cologne: Universität zu Köln Institut für Afrikanistik, page 19
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “asieke”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 27
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