oxwe

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé.[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Adja axwe, Fon xwé

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.xʷé/, /ō.xʷé/

Noun

òxwé (plural òxwé lɛ́) or oxwé (plural oxwé lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. house
Derived terms
  • xwégbè (“house”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe.[2] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Adja exwe, Fon xwè

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.xʷè/, /ō.xʷè/

Noun

òxwè (plural òxwè lɛ́) or oxwè (plural oxwè lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. year

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 217
  2. ^ 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), pages 215, 225
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