Edo
ISO 639-3: bin
Language of the historic Benin Kingdom
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Volta-Niger |
| Countries | Nigeria |
| Approximate Speakers | ~2,000,000 |
| Notes | Known for rich court and ritual vocabulary |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| goro | grind, smooth | גָּרַס | gâraç | a primitive root; to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve; break. |
| osù | month | כֶּסֶא | keçeʼ | or כֶּסֶה; apparently from כָּסָה; properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival; (time) appointed. |
| ene | eye | עַיִן | Ayin | probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves). |