amẹ
Edo
Etymology
From the same Proto-Edoid root as Urhobo àmẽ̀, Esan àmẽ̀, and Gwara àmɛ̃̀. Likely more distantly related to Yoruba omi, Igala ómi, and Igbo mmiri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.mɛ̃̀/
Noun
amẹ
- water
- rain
- 1986, Rebecca N. Agheyisi, An Edo-English Dictionary, Ethiope Publishing Corporation, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 8:
- amẹ rhọọ
- It is raining
- (literally, “Rain is falling”)
- (by extension) juice, liquid
References
- N. Rolle, Nasal vowel patterns in West Africa, citing own field notes and Agheyisi 1986