"abolo" meaning in Ewe

See abolo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /à.bó.lò/ Audio: ee-abolo.ogg Forms: àbólò [canonical], àbólò lá [definite, singular], àbólòà [definite, singular], àbólòwó [plural], àbólòàwó [definite, plural], ablo [alternative]
Etymology: Perhaps from Portuguese bolo (“cake”). Compare Akan abodoo (“bread”) and Ga aboloo (“bread”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ee|pt|bolo<t:cake>}} Portuguese bolo (“cake”), {{cog|ak|abodoo<t:bread>}} Akan abodoo (“bread”), {{cog|gaa|aboloo<t:bread>}} Ga aboloo (“bread”) Head templates: {{ee-noun|àbólò}} àbólò (definite singular àbólò lá or àbólòà, plural àbólòwó, definite plural àbólòàwó)
  1. a traditional cornflour bread, fermented and steamed in fist-sized loaves
    Sense id: en-abolo-ee-noun-O1CVLZ6K Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Breads Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Breads: 45 55
  2. (by extension) Western-style bread Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-abolo-ee-noun-CPPhbkT7 Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Ewe links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Breads, Foods Disambiguation of Ewe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ewe links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Breads: 45 55 Disambiguation of Foods: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abolo fafa (english: soaked bread), abolo tsotso (english: sliced bread), aboloɖutɔ (english: bread and butter, bare necessities; belonging to bread-eating) [literally], aboloƒoƒe (english: bakery), aboloƒola (english: baker), abolokaka (english: Holy Communion, breaking of the bread), abolokpoti (english: plain bread), abolomeƒe (english: bakery), abolomela (english: baker), abolotɔ (english: bread seller), abolotu me (english: crumb (of bread)), abolovivi (english: cake), abolowɔƒe (english: bakery), abolowɔla (english: baker), abolowɔŋgba (english: leaf for baking bread), abolowɔwɔ (english: breadmaking), abolowuwlui (english: breadcrumbs (together)), yevubolo (english: bread; white person's bread) [literally]

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "soaked bread",
      "translation": "soaked bread",
      "word": "abolo fafa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sliced bread",
      "translation": "sliced bread",
      "word": "abolo tsotso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bread and butter, bare necessities; belonging to bread-eating",
      "tags": [
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      "translation": "bread and butter, bare necessities; belonging to bread-eating",
      "word": "aboloɖutɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "aboloƒoƒe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "aboloƒola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Holy Communion, breaking of the bread",
      "translation": "Holy Communion, breaking of the bread",
      "word": "abolokaka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "plain bread",
      "translation": "plain bread",
      "word": "abolokpoti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "abolomeƒe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "abolomela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bread seller",
      "translation": "bread seller",
      "word": "abolotɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "crumb (of bread)",
      "translation": "crumb (of bread)",
      "word": "abolotu me"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cake",
      "translation": "cake",
      "word": "abolovivi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "abolowɔƒe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "abolowɔla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "leaf for baking bread",
      "translation": "leaf for baking bread",
      "word": "abolowɔŋgba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "breadmaking",
      "translation": "breadmaking",
      "word": "abolowɔwɔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "breadcrumbs (together)",
      "translation": "breadcrumbs (together)",
      "word": "abolowuwlui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bread; white person's bread",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "bread; white person's bread",
      "word": "yevubolo"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "bolo<t:cake>"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese bolo (“cake”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "abodoo<t:bread>"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan abodoo (“bread”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gaa",
        "2": "aboloo<t:bread>"
      },
      "expansion": "Ga aboloo (“bread”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "àbólò",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólò lá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòà",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòwó",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòàwó",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "àbólò"
      },
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      "name": "ee-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "ferment",
          "ferment"
        ],
        [
          "steam",
          "steam"
        ],
        [
          "fist",
          "fist"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "loaves",
          "loaf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "43 57",
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          "name": "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "32 68",
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          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
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          "Western"
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        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Western-style bread"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.bó.lò/"
    },
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      "audio": "ee-abolo.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "abolo"
}
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    "Ewe lemmas",
    "Ewe links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Ewe nouns",
    "Ewe terms borrowed from Portuguese",
    "Ewe terms derived from Portuguese",
    "Ewe terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ee:Breads",
    "ee:Foods"
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      "english": "soaked bread",
      "translation": "soaked bread",
      "word": "abolo fafa"
    },
    {
      "english": "sliced bread",
      "translation": "sliced bread",
      "word": "abolo tsotso"
    },
    {
      "english": "bread and butter, bare necessities; belonging to bread-eating",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "bread and butter, bare necessities; belonging to bread-eating",
      "word": "aboloɖutɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "aboloƒoƒe"
    },
    {
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "aboloƒola"
    },
    {
      "english": "Holy Communion, breaking of the bread",
      "translation": "Holy Communion, breaking of the bread",
      "word": "abolokaka"
    },
    {
      "english": "plain bread",
      "translation": "plain bread",
      "word": "abolokpoti"
    },
    {
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "abolomeƒe"
    },
    {
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "abolomela"
    },
    {
      "english": "bread seller",
      "translation": "bread seller",
      "word": "abolotɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "crumb (of bread)",
      "translation": "crumb (of bread)",
      "word": "abolotu me"
    },
    {
      "english": "cake",
      "translation": "cake",
      "word": "abolovivi"
    },
    {
      "english": "bakery",
      "translation": "bakery",
      "word": "abolowɔƒe"
    },
    {
      "english": "baker",
      "translation": "baker",
      "word": "abolowɔla"
    },
    {
      "english": "leaf for baking bread",
      "translation": "leaf for baking bread",
      "word": "abolowɔŋgba"
    },
    {
      "english": "breadmaking",
      "translation": "breadmaking",
      "word": "abolowɔwɔ"
    },
    {
      "english": "breadcrumbs (together)",
      "translation": "breadcrumbs (together)",
      "word": "abolowuwlui"
    },
    {
      "english": "bread; white person's bread",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "bread; white person's bread",
      "word": "yevubolo"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ee",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "bolo<t:cake>"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese bolo (“cake”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "abodoo<t:bread>"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan abodoo (“bread”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "gaa",
        "2": "aboloo<t:bread>"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "àbólò",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólò lá",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòà",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòwó",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àbólòàwó",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "àbólò"
      },
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      "name": "ee-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/à.bó.lò/"
    },
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}

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