nyɔnu

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɔ́.nù/, [ɲɔ́.n̺ù], [ɲɔ́.n̪ù]

Noun

nyɔ́nù (plural nyɔnuwo)

  1. woman

References

  • Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund

Fon

Noun

nyɔ́nu

  1. woman

References

  • Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From either Proto-Gbe *yɔ̃́ɖũ, *yɔ̃́lũ or *yɔ̃́ɖũsi.[1] Cognates include Fon nyɔnú, Saxwe Gbe nyɔnu, Adja nyɔnu, Ewe nyɔnu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɔ̃̄.nṹ/

Noun

nyɔnú (plural nyɔnú lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. woman

Derived terms

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 225
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