ede

ede

1. one

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

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• Rhymes: -eːdə

ede

1. (archaic) Dative singular form of eed
2. Only used in onder ede

• eed

From French aider (“help”).

ede

1. help

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

ede

1. second-person singular present active imperative of edō

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

ēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēdō

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈdɛ/

ede m

1. Alternative form of ade (“weed (unwanted plant)”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ada I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1

• hede

From English head.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.de/

ede

1. head

• edeman (“leader”)

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈd̪e/

ede (inanimate medeng, animate dimaede, polite gomedeng)

1. Alternative form of edeng (“two”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as edé)

Ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *è-dè. While the semantic meaning of language and this specific form is restricted to Proto-Yoruba, the root is widespread across Niger-Congo as roots for "tongue," and thus derives from an older stem. That older stem may be Proto-Yoruboid *-dè. The stem likely originally meant tongue, language, and the general mouth area, but became restricted for language (and also became the term for lip). This is almost certainly a Doublet of ètè. This also explains why the Proto-Yoruboid word for tongue is likely an innovation, see *ʊ́-ɓã́ (“tongue”), see ahọ́n (“tongue”). Compare with Proto-Edoid *U-dhamhɪ, Ibibio edeme, Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì, Proto-Jukunoid *dema. Many other Yoruba-dialects also have different terms for the language, see eréùn in Ijebu.

• IPA^(key): /è.dè/

èdè

1. language
2. corpus, data
3. speech, utterance

   èdè rẹ kò tí ì yé mi ― I do not understand your speech

• Lucumi: ede

• IPA^(key): /ē.dè/

edè

1. egusi

   Synonym: ẹ̀gúsí

• idé

• IPA^(key): /ē.dé/

edé

1. shrimp, prawn, small lobster

• elédé