koklonɔ

Ewe

Etymology

From koklo (chicken) +‎ -nɔ (female animal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kò.kló.nɔ̀/, [kò.kl̃ó.n̺ɔ̀], [kò.kló.n̺ɔ̀], [kò.kl̃ó.n̪ɔ̀], [kò.kló.n̪ɔ̀]

Noun

kòklónɔ̀ (definite singular kòklónɔ̀ lá or kòklónɔ̀à, plural kòklónɔ̀wó, definite plural kòklónɔ̀àwó)

  1. hen (female chicken)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “koklonɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 274
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “koklonɔ”, 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) “koklonɔ”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 125