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Akan (Twi) Marriage/Wedding vocabulary-gctid53232

Started by Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé, Aug 07, 2012, 09:09 PM

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Awareɛ/Ayefohyia

Nsɛmfua
Nkyerɛaseɛ
(english translation)
1
gye yere
to receive a wife
2
ɛka pii
much debt
3
hyia ____ ayeforɔ
to meet a new wife (to marry)
4
gye ti nsa
to receive head drink
5
ntoma fitaa
white cloth
6
wɔfanom
maternal uncles
7
akasakasa
dispute
8
to mpaninfoɔ anim
present to the elders
9
ware
to be married
10
yɛ nhwehwɛmu
to do research
11
kɔ abisa
to consult Abosom
12
tua sika
pay money
13
kɔhu aberewa
go consult the old woman
14
yɛ ne ho adeɛ
do her body thing
15
di awareɛ aduane pa
eat the good marriage food
16
hu ne ho
to see his/her body
17
awareɛ ntɛm tete ntoma
quick marriage tears cloth
18
wokɔ aware a, bisa
if you go into marriage then ask
19
ayeforɔ
new wife
20
yɛyere
favorite wife
21
wo abaduasa
give birth to thirty children (be fertile)
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@Obadele Kambon  Mepa wo kyɛw, wobɛkasa kyerɛ "yɛ ne ho adeɛ," "hu ne ho," ne "awareɛ ntɛm tete ntoma" ama me?
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QuoteAkhu;53960 wrote: @Obadele Kambon  Mepa wo kyɛw, wobɛkasa kyerɛ "yɛ ne ho adeɛ," "hu ne ho," ne "awareɛ ntɛm tete ntoma" ama me?
yɛ ne ho adeɛ - ɛkyerɛ ntoaseɛ a yɛde ma abusuafoɔ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wone wo hokafoɔ tumi di nkitaho.
hu ne ho - ɛkyerɛ sɛ wo ne ɔbaa no ada
awareɛ ntɛm tete ntoma - ɛkyerɛ sɛ, sɛ wotutu mmirika kɔfa adeɛ a, ɛtumi dane ogya a ɛbɛhye wo
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Ọbádélé Kambon, PhD
Nana Kwame Pɛbi Date I, Ban mu Kyidɔmhene, Akuapem Mampɔn
Senior Research Fellow & Research Coordinator - Language, Literature and Drama Section
Institute of Kmtyw Studies - College of Humanities
Editor-in-Chief - Ghana Journal of Linguistics
Secretary (2015-2020) - Kmtyw Studies Association of Kmt
+233249195150 / +19192836824 | me@obadelekambon.com
www.obadelekambon.com | www.abibitumi.com
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University of Ghana - Legon
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