atàwé
noun
/ā.tà.wé/
Definitions
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bookseller
Atàwé ni Ọgbẹni Láwànì. Ó ngba làádà ìdá-ọrún 5 lórí ọjà-títà. Èló ni làádà rẹ lórí ọjà-títà N30,000.00 Mr. Lawani sells books. He earns 5% commission on sales. How much does he earn on sales of N30,000.00?
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + tàwé (“to sell books”).
Component words
aagent prefix
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “agent prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
a
The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.
a
we (first-person plural personal subject pronoun)
a
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /a/)
tàwéto sell books
Derived from
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “atawe”.
Reference:
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