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Afrikan Language Institute => Akan (Twi) Language Resources => Topic started by: Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé on Aug 07, 2012, 01:22 PM

Title: Family relations in Akan (Twi) *singular and plural-gctid53171
Post by: Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé on Aug 07, 2012, 01:22 PM
Abusuafoɔ
(family members)
Dodoɔ kabea
(plural)
Nkyerɛaseɛ
(translation)
(o)nua
nuanom
sibling
nuapanin
nuanom mpaninfoɔ
older sibling/cousin
nuakumaa
nuanom nkumaafoɔ
younger sibling/cousin
agya
agyanom
father/paternal uncle
(ɛ)na[1] (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/#_ftn1)
(ɛ)nanom
mother/maternal aunt
wɔfa
wɔfanom
maternal uncle/aunt's husband/husband
sewa
sewanom
paternal aunt
nuabaa panin
nuabaanom mpaninfoɔ
older sister
nuabaa kumaa
nuabaanom nkumaafoɔ
younger sister
nuabarima panin
nuabarimanom mpaninfoɔ
older brother
nuabarima kumaa
nuabarimanom nkumaafoɔ
younger brother
nana
nananom
grandparent/grandchild
nanankansowa
nanankansowano
great-grandparent/great-grandchild
awofoɔ
awofonom
parents
asenom
asenom
in-laws
(ɔ)ba
mma
offspring
(ɔ)yere
yerenom
wife
(o)kunu
kununom
husband
wɔfase
wɔfasenom
nephew
wɔfasewa
wɔfasewanom
neice
ɔse

father of someone else
ase
asenom
father in
law
awisaa
nwisaa
orphan
piesie
piesienom
oldest sibling in a family
kaakyire
kaakyirenom
youngest sibling in a family
adamfoɔ
nnamfo(foɔ)
friends

[1] (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/#_ftnref1) Optional prefixes which only occur at the beginning of a sentence or phrase are written in parentheses.