Fruits

1. Akɔɖu

   Banana

   Usage

   Use it for a banana

   Grammar Note

   akɔɖu is “banana”. The ɖ is a separate letter from d.

2. Akutu

   Orange

   Usage

   Use it for an orange

   Grammar Note

   akutu is the fruit “orange”.

3. Atɔtɔ

   Pineapple

   Usage

   Use it for a pineapple

   Grammar Note

   atɔtɔ is “pineapple”. The dictionaries also list abable as another word for it.

4. Weintsetse

   Grape

   Usage

   Use it for a grape. A word common in scripture

   Grammar Note

   weintsetse joins wein “wine” (a German loan) and tsetse “fruit”, so “grape” is literally the wine fruit.

5. Dzamatre

   Watermelon

   Usage

   Use it for a watermelon

   Grammar Note

   dzamatre is “watermelon”. An older dictionary writes it as adzamatre and glosses it as a melon.

6. Mumue

   Lemon

   Usage

   Refers to the sour citrus fruit, lemon

   Grammar Note

   mumue is “lemon”. No separate word distinguishing lime from lemon was confirmed.

7. Mango

   Usage

   Use it for a mango

   Grammar Note

   mango is a loanword from English and is used in magazine articles in Ewe.

8. Aɖiba

   Papaya

   Usage

   Refers to a papaya. The word can also mean a melon

   Grammar Note

   aɖiba is “papaya”. Dictionaries also give “melon” for it.

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