Fon
ISO 639-3: fon
National language of Benin
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Kwa |
| Countries | Benin |
| Approximate Speakers | ~3,000,000 |
| Notes | Historically associated with the Kingdom of Dahomey |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gákún | charcoal | גֶּחֶל | gechel | or (feminine) גַּחֶלֶת; from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle; an ember; (burning) coal. |
| daka | to break, destroy | דָּכָה | dâkâh | a primitive root (compare דַּךְ, דָּכָא); to collapse (phys. or mentally); break (sore), contrite, crouch. |
| dèkè | to pound (as in to crush in a mortar) | דְּקַק | dᵉqaq | (Aramaic) corresponding to דָּקַק; to crumble or (trans.) crush; break to pieces. |
| dɔkpɔ | to pound (food, in a mortar) | דָּקַק | dâqaq | a primitive root (compare הָדַךְlemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ); to crush (or intransitively) crumble; beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small). |
| anya | eye (organ of sight); appearance; surface | 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). |