abolo

Asturian

Verb

abolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abolir

Esperanto

Etymology

    From aboli +‎ -o.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈbolo/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -olo
    • Syllabification: a‧bo‧lo

    Noun

    abolo (accusative singular abolon, plural aboloj, accusative plural abolojn)

    1. abolition, abrogation

    Further reading

    Ewe

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Perhaps from Portuguese bolo (“cake”). Compare Akan abodoo (“bread”) and Ga aboloo (“bread”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /à.bó.lò/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    àbólò (definite singular àbólò lá or àbólòà, plural àbólòwó, definite plural àbólòàwó)

    1. a traditional cornflour bread, fermented and steamed in fist-sized loaves
    2. (by extension) Western-style bread

    Derived terms

    • abolo fafa (“soaked bread”)
    • abolo tsotso (“sliced bread”)
    • aboloɖutɔ (“bread and butter, bare necessities”, literally “belonging to bread-eating”)
    • aboloƒoƒe (“bakery”)
    • aboloƒola (“baker”)
    • abolokaka (“Holy Communion, breaking of the bread”)
    • abolokpoti (“plain bread”)
    • abolomeƒe (“bakery”)
    • abolomela (“baker”)
    • abolotɔ (“bread seller”)
    • abolotu me (“crumb (of bread)”)
    • abolovivi (“cake”)
    • abolowɔƒe (“bakery”)
    • abolowɔla (“baker”)
    • abolowɔŋgba (“leaf for baking bread”)
    • abolowɔwɔ (“breadmaking”)
    • abolowuwlui (“breadcrumbs (together)”)
    • yevubolo (“bread”, literally “white person's bread”)

    References

    1. ^ Dakubu, M. E. K. (2012), “The Portuguese language on the Gold Coast, 1471-1807”, in Ghana Journal of Linguistics‎[1], volume 1, number 1, Linguistics Association of Ghana, page 25
    • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “abolo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 25
    • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “abolo”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 35
    • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “abolo”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 7

    Portuguese

    Verb

    abolo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of abolar

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈbolo/ [aˈβ̞o.lo]
    • Rhymes: -olo
    • Syllabification: a‧bo‧lo

    Verb

    abolo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of abolir
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