Cognate withYorubaabẹ(“blade”), proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*á-bɛ,a-(“agent prefix”) +‎bẹ(“to cut in small pieces”)

• IPA^(key): /á.bɛ̄/

ábẹ

1. pocketknife,penknife

• ábẹ-àfù(“razor blade”)

• John Idakwoji (12 February 2015),An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore,→ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ā.bɛ́/

abẹ́

1. under
2. (euphemistic)vagina

   Synonyms:òbò,ojú-ara

Cognate withIgalaábẹ(“pocketknife”),Doublet ofọ̀bẹ, proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*á-bɛ, equivalent toa-(“agent prefix”) +‎bẹ(“to cut”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.bɛ̄/

abẹ

1. blade

   Synonym:ọ̀bẹ

2. scalpel

• iṣẹ́ abẹ(“surgery”)
• abẹ fẹ́lẹ́

• Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
• Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
• Igala terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)
• Igala terms with IPA pronunciation
• Igala lemmas
• Igala nouns
• igl:Weapons
• igl:Tools
• Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
• Yoruba lemmas
• Yoruba nouns
• Yoruba euphemisms
• Yoruba doublets
• Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
• Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
• Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)
• yo:Tools
• yo:Knives
• yo:Weapons

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