ogbẹ

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-gbɛ.[1] Compare Fon gbɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛgbɛ̀, Adja egbɛ (“universe, creation, life”) and Ewe agbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.ɡ͡bɛ̀/

Noun

ogbẹ̀ (plural ogbẹ̀ lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. life

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 218
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