"aba" meaning in Ewe

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Noun

IPA: /à.bà/ Audio: Ee-aba.flac Forms: àbà [canonical], àbà lá [definite, singular], àbàà [definite, singular], àbàwó [plural], àbààwó [definite, plural]
Head templates: {{ee-noun|àbà}} àbà (definite singular àbà lá or àbàà, plural àbàwó, definite plural àbààwó)
  1. sleeping mat (traditionally woven from palm leaves)
    Sense id: en-aba-ee-noun-or1S9SIY Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Ewe links with redundant wikilinks, Bedding, Sleep Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 96 2 2 Disambiguation of Ewe links with redundant wikilinks: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Bedding: 63 2 36 Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 0
  2. (by extension) mat in general Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-aba-ee-noun-cOBb-MBK
  3. bed
    Sense id: en-aba-ee-noun-xQUlMsIg Categories (other): Furniture Disambiguation of Furniture: 27 5 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abaɖogbe (english: beginning (of a celebration)), abaɖonuwo (english: bedding), abadziklpɔ (english: old, powerless person), abadzitsyɔ̃nu (english: bedcover), abadzivɔ (english: bedsheet), abafɔgbe (english: end (of a celebration)), abali (english: valley, slope), abati (english: bedstead)
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      "translation": "beginning (of a celebration)",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bedding",
      "translation": "bedding",
      "word": "abaɖonuwo"
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      "english": "old, powerless person",
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      "word": "abadziklpɔ"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bedcover",
      "translation": "bedcover",
      "word": "abadzitsyɔ̃nu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bedsheet",
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      "english": "end (of a celebration)",
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    },
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      "english": "beginning (of a celebration)",
      "translation": "beginning (of a celebration)",
      "word": "abaɖogbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "bedding",
      "translation": "bedding",
      "word": "abaɖonuwo"
    },
    {
      "english": "old, powerless person",
      "translation": "old, powerless person",
      "word": "abadziklpɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "bedcover",
      "translation": "bedcover",
      "word": "abadzitsyɔ̃nu"
    },
    {
      "english": "bedsheet",
      "translation": "bedsheet",
      "word": "abadzivɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "end (of a celebration)",
      "translation": "end (of a celebration)",
      "word": "abafɔgbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "valley, slope",
      "translation": "valley, slope",
      "word": "abali"
    },
    {
      "english": "bedstead",
      "translation": "bedstead",
      "word": "abati"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "àbàà",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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