koklo
Ewe
Alternative forms
- klòkló (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *koklôm, *kokólo,[1] likely onomatopoeic. Cognates include Fon koklóò, Gun koklo, Adja koklo and Saxwe Gbe gòklò.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kò.kló/, [kò.kl̃ó], [kò.kló]
Noun
kòkló (definite singular kòkló lá or kòklóá, plural kòklówó, definite plural kòklóáwó)
Derived terms
- koklofɔtame (Kente cloth with a blue-white pattern)
- koklofu (“chicken feather”)
- koklokpo (“chicken coop”)
- koklokpɔdoaʋɛ (“scorpion”, informal)
- koklolã (“chicken meat”)
- koklonɔ (“hen”)
- koklotsoɖewɔdzi (Kente cloth with a white-red pattern)
- koklotsu (“rooster, cock”)
- koklovi (“chick, young chicken”)
- koklovinɔ (“brooding hen”)
- kokloxɔ (“chicken coop”)
- koklozi (“chicken egg”)
References
- ^ 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 213
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “koklo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 274
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “koklo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 99
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “koklo”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 125
Gun
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *koklôm, *kokólo,[1] likely onomatopoeic. Cognates include Ewe koklo, Fon koklóò, Adja koklo and Saxwe Gbe gòklò.
Pronunciation
Noun
kòkló (plural kòkló lɛ́ or kòkló lẹ́)
References
- ^ 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 213