Adeɛmekpɔxe
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ewe ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Adeamekpɔxe
=== Etymology ===
From ade(l)a (“hunter”) + me- (negation particle) + kpɔ (“to see”) + xe (“bird”), literally “[month where] the hunter did not find the bird”, traditionally referring to hunters unable to hunt animals, especially birds, due to foggy conditions during this period.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /à.dè.ɛ́.mé.k͡pɔ́.xè/, [à.d̪è.ɛ́.mé.k͡pɔ́.xè]
=== Proper noun ===
Àdèɛ́mékpɔ́xè
November
Coordinate term: (Western term) Nɔvember
=== See also ===
=== References ===
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “Adeɛmekpɔxe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 42
Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “Adeɛmekpɔxe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 8