Avuvi
English
Etymology
From Ewe avuvi (“puppy”),[1] from avu (“dog”) + the diminutive suffix -vi, which may be related to vi (“little; child”);[2] or the equivalent in another Gbe language.[3]
Noun
Avuvi (plural Avuvis)
- Synonym of Basenji.
References
- Language Guide: Ewe Version, sixth impression edition, Bureau of Ghana Languages, 1990, OCLC 899059256, page 16
- Clement K. I. Appah & Nana Aba Appiah Amfo (2011), “The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan”, in Lexis, issue 6, OpenEdition.org, ISSN 1951-6215, page 88
- Emmanuelle Occansei (July 2012), “Avuvi – Aboriginal Dog Of Africa”, in Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs, issue 32, archived from the original on 2022-11-13, page 22