ʋu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vu"

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ.[1] Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn and Gun òhùn, ohùn.

Noun

ʋù

  1. blood

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 212
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “ʋu”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 220
  • Dzablu-Kumah, Simon Wellington (2015), Ulrike Claudi, Johannes Ayao Ossey, editors, Basic Ewe for Foreign Students[1], 2nd edition, Cologne: Universität zu Köln Institut für Afrikanistik, page 175