"kpe" meaning in Gun

See kpe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /k͡pé/ Forms: kpé [canonical], pé [alternative, Nigeria]
Etymology: From Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”). Cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé, Adja kpé, Ewe kpe. Compare Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”) Etymology templates: {{inh|guw|alv-gbe-pro|*kpé||to meet}} Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”), {{cog|fon|kpé}} Fon kpé, {{cog|sxw|kpé}} Saxwe Gbe kpé, {{cog|ajg|kpé}} Adja kpé, {{cog|ee|kpe}} Ewe kpe, {{cog|yo|pé|t=to assemble, congregate}} Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”) Head templates: {{head|guw|verb|head=kpé}} kpé, {{tlb|guw|Benin}} (Benin)
  1. to meet
    Sense id: en-kpe-guw-verb-no9flbpH
  2. to accompany
    Sense id: en-kpe-guw-verb-KQes237K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /k͡pé/ Forms: kpé [canonical], pé [alternative, Nigeria]
Etymology: Possibly from Yoruba pé (“to be enough”), cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé Etymology templates: {{bor|guw|yo|pé|t=to be enough}} Yoruba pé (“to be enough”), {{cog|fon|kpé}} Fon kpé, {{cog|sxw|kpé}} Saxwe Gbe kpé Head templates: {{head|guw|verb|head=kpé}} kpé, {{tlb|guw|Benin}} (Benin)
  1. to be enough
    Sense id: en-kpe-guw-verb-cYSR71Br Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Beninese Gun, Gun entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 7 17 17 23 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 8 17 17 24 17 Disambiguation of Beninese Gun: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Gun entries with incorrect language header: 16 22 46 16
  2. to suffice
    Sense id: en-kpe-guw-verb-KVxmpdFd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*kpé",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to meet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Adja kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "kpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe kpe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "pé",
        "t": "to assemble, congregate"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”). Cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé, Adja kpé, Ewe kpe. Compare Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kpé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "kpé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to meet"
      ],
      "id": "en-kpe-guw-verb-no9flbpH",
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to accompany"
      ],
      "id": "en-kpe-guw-verb-KQes237K",
      "links": [
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/k͡pé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kpe"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "yo",
        "3": "pé",
        "t": "to be enough"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba pé (“to be enough”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Yoruba pé (“to be enough”), cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kpé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "kpé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 7 17 17 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 17 17 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beninese Gun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 22 46 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be enough"
      ],
      "id": "en-kpe-guw-verb-cYSR71Br",
      "links": [
        [
          "enough",
          "enough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suffice"
      ],
      "id": "en-kpe-guw-verb-KVxmpdFd",
      "links": [
        [
          "suffice",
          "suffice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/k͡pé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kpe"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gun lemmas",
    "Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba",
    "Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
    "Gun terms derived from Yoruba",
    "Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
    "Gun verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*kpé",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to meet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Adja kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "kpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe kpe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "pé",
        "t": "to assemble, congregate"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *kpé (“to meet”). Cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé, Adja kpé, Ewe kpe. Compare Yoruba pé (“to assemble, congregate”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kpé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "kpé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to meet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to accompany"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/k͡pé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kpe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beninese Gun",
    "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gun lemmas",
    "Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba",
    "Gun terms derived from Yoruba",
    "Gun verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "yo",
        "3": "pé",
        "t": "to be enough"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba pé (“to be enough”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe kpé",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Yoruba pé (“to be enough”), cognates include Fon kpé, Saxwe Gbe kpé",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kpé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "kpé"
      },
      "expansion": "kpé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be enough"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enough",
          "enough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suffice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suffice",
          "suffice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/k͡pé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kpe"
}

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