Etymology

From dzo (“fire”) +‎ dze (“to land, to visit”)Category:Ewe compound terms#DODE, shortening of dzo dze gbe (literally “[month where] fire has visited grass”), traditionally referring to a more intensified period from the previous month's conditions (cf. Dzove).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zò.d͡zè/Category:Ewe terms with IPA pronunciation#DODE

Proper noun

DzòdzèCategory:Ewe lemmas#DODECategory:Ewe proper nouns#DODECategory:Ewe entries with incorrect language header#DODECategory:Pages with entries#DZODZECategory:Pages with 1 entry#DZODZE

1. February

   Coordinate term: (Western term) Februar

See also

References

• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “Dzodze”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 61