agukisinmwiogie

== Edo == === Alternative forms === (dated) agukisiʋ̃iogie (nonstandard) agukisinmwiongie === Etymology === From à (“impersonal pronoun”) +‎ gú (“to help, to do an action reciprocally”) +‎ ùkì (“moon”) +‎ sìnmwí (“to struggle”) +‎ ògìè (“chief, superior thing”). Literally "that with whom the moon struggles for supremacy". The name references Venus' brightness in the morning sky. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [àɡúꜜkísĩ́ʋ̃j̃ṍꜜɡjè] === Noun === àgúkīsínmwíógȉȅ Venus, the morning star === References === Airẹn Amayo; Ohi Elugbe (1983), “Ẹdo Orthography”, in Kay Williamson, editor, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages Manual II, Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos: National Language Centre, pages 1-11 Joshua A. Emọvọn (August 1979) A phonological study of Edo (Bini), with special reference to the verbal phrase (MPhil Thesis)‎[2], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →DOI, →OCLC Hans Melzian, Ph.D (1937), A Concise Dictionary of the Bini Language of Southern Nigeria‎[3], Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD. Moses Airẹn Amayo (October 1976) A Generative Phonology of Ẹdo (Bini) (PhD Thesis)‎[4], Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ibadan, →OCLC National Language Centre (1987), A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volume 2 - Edo, Igbo, Kanuri, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC Rebecca N. Agheyisi (1986), An Ẹdo - English Dictionary‎[5], Ethiope Publishing Corporation, page 3