amenuveve

== Ewe == === Etymology === Nominalization of ve ame nu (“to have mercy”), from ame (“person”) +‎ nu (“thing, matter”) + reduplication of ve (“to regret”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.mè.nú.vè.vè/, [à.mè.n̺ú.v͈è.v͈è], [à.mè.n̪ú.v͈è.v͈è] === Noun === àmènúvèvè (definite singular àmènúvèvè lá or àmènúvèvèà, singular only) mercy, grace, compassion Synonym: nublanuikpɔkpɔ ==== Related terms ==== ame ve ame nu === References === Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “amenuveve”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 349 Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “amenuveve”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 22, 54, 125