"xevi" meaning in Ewe

See xevi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: xeviwo [plural]
Etymology: Possibly derived from Proto-Gbe *-χɛ. Cognates with Fon xɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀, Aja (West Africa) xevi and Gun ohẹ̀. Etymology templates: {{inh|ee|alv-gbe-pro|*-χɛ}} Proto-Gbe *-χɛ, {{cog|fon|xɛ̀}} Fon xɛ̀, {{cog|sxw|oxɛ̀}} Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀, {{cog|ajg|xevi}} Aja (West Africa) xevi, {{cog|guw|ohẹ̀}} Gun ohẹ̀ Head templates: {{head|ee|noun|plural|xeviwo}} xevi (plural xeviwo)
  1. bird
    Sense id: en-xevi-ee-noun-elF57swP Categories (other): Ewe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Birds
     
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xɛ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xɛ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxɛ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "xevi"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) xevi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "ohẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Gun ohẹ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly derived from Proto-Gbe *-χɛ. Cognates with Fon xɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀, Aja (West Africa) xevi and Gun ohẹ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xeviwo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xeviwo"
      },
      "expansion": "xevi (plural xeviwo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ewe",
  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ee",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "ee:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bird"
      ],
      "id": "en-xevi-ee-noun-elF57swP",
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xevi"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xɛ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xɛ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxɛ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "xevi"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) xevi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "ohẹ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Gun ohẹ̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly derived from Proto-Gbe *-χɛ. Cognates with Fon xɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe oxɛ̀, Aja (West Africa) xevi and Gun ohẹ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xeviwo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xeviwo"
      },
      "expansion": "xevi (plural xeviwo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ewe",
  "lang_code": "ee",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ewe entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ewe lemmas",
        "Ewe nouns",
        "Ewe terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
        "Ewe terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ee:Birds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bird"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xevi"
}

Download raw JSONL data for xevi meaning in Ewe (1.1kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ewe dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.