kpɔn

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *kpɔ̃́ (“to look at”).[1] Cognates include Fon kpɔ́n (“to look, never”), Saxwe Gbe kpɔ́n (“to look, never”), Adja kpɔ́ (“to look”), Adja kpɔa (“never”), Ewe kpɔ (“to look”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k͡pɔ̃́/

Verb

kpɔ́n (Benin)

  1. to look
  2. to visit

Adverb

kpɔ́n (Benin)

  1. never
    Synonym: gbèɖé
    Ùn má yì Xɔ̀gbónù kpɔ́n ― I have never been to Porto Novo

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 219
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