dzamatre

Ewe

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dzama (“German”) +‎ tre (“calabash”), literally “German calabash”, likely due to German missionaries introducing this fruit; its shape resembling a calabash.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡zà.má.tlé/, [d͡zà.má.t̪ɾ̃é], [d͡zà.má.t̪ɾé]

Noun

dzàmátré (definite singular dzàmátré lá or dzàmátréá, plural dzàmátréwó, definite plural dzàmátréáwó)

  1. watermelon

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 148 of 139–152
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “dzamatre”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 69
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