Ahosuo (Colors) - Twi Flashcards-gctid55420

[Agya Yaw]

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[Okomfo Akosua]

I wonder why 4 different Twi words for purple.  Also, I learned that the Twi word for green is ahahamono.

[Agya Yaw]

@Okomfo Akosua  I do not know why purple has four words. As for green that is the spelling I received from @Obadele Kambon. I know he will able to answer these questions and clear this up. Perhaps green can be spelled in Twi two ways?

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Okomfo Akosua;61999 wrote: I wonder why 4 different Twi words for purple.  Also, I learned that the Twi word for green is ahahamono.

There are actually a couple more that he missed. Mmibitama/bibitama. Akuapem also has afasew-tuntum. Boadi (2005) also has bisii, hoahyire and hoadum as other variations of purple. As to why there are so many words for it, my hypothesis is that its due to regional and dialectal variations and preferences also taking into account various shades of it.

  @Okomfo Akosua. There are two spellings and pronunciations of the word leaf. One is ahaban and the other is ahahan. The word-final n in either becomes /m/ when beside the m from mono "fresh" so you end up with both ahabammono and ahahammono. You end up with "fresh leaf" = green. BGL (1998) Asante Twi language guide and BGL (1986) Akuapem Twi language guide both have ahabammono with the two ms and christaller (1933) also has ahabammono. Akrofi et al (1973) also has ahabammono. Anane (2000) and Aboagye et al (2002) also have ahabammono. Apraku (2003) and Boadi (2005) have ahahammono. You can find ahabammono across dialects but it seems that ahahammono is pretty specific to Asante Twi.

[Agya Yaw]

Obadele Kambon;62041 wrote: There are actually a couple more that he missed. Mmibitama/bibitama. Akuapem also has afasew-tuntum. Boadi (2005) also has bisii, hoahyire and hoadum as other variations of purple. As to why there are so many words for it, my hypothesis is that its due to regional and dialectal variations and preferences also taking into account various shades of it.

  @Okomfo Akosua. There are two spellings and pronunciations of the word leaf. One is ahaban and the other is ahahan. The word-final n in either becomes /m/ when beside the m from mono "fresh" so you end up with both ahabammono and ahahammono. You end up with "fresh leaf" = green. BGL (1998) Asante Twi language guide and BGL (1986) Akuapem Twi language guide both have ahabammono with the two ms and christaller (1933) also has ahabammono. Akrofi et al (1973) also has ahabammono. Anane (2000) and Aboagye et al (2002) also have ahabammono. Apraku (2003) and Boadi (2005) have ahahammono. You can find ahabammono across dialects but it seems that ahahammono is pretty specific to Asante Twi.

@Obadele Kambon & @Okomfo Akosua   Meda ase. I added the bold red print to the Ahosuo flashcards. Which variant of purple is used the most or more common?

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Personally I use beredum. Most ghanaians I encounter use the english "violet".

[Okomfo Akosua]

There are actually a couple more that he missed. Mmibitama/bibitama.  Akuapem also has afasew-tuntum. Boadi (2005) also has bisii, hoahyire  and hoadum as other variations of purple. As to why there are so many  words for it, my hypothesis is that its due to regional and dialectal  variations and preferences also taking into account various shades of  it.

  @Okomfo Akosua.  There are two spellings and pronunciations of the word leaf. One is  ahaban and the other is ahahan. The word-final n in either becomes /m/  when beside the m from mono "fresh" so you end up with both ahabammono  and ahahammono. You end up with "fresh leaf" = green. BGL (1998) Asante  Twi language guide and BGL (1986) Akuapem Twi language guide both have  ahabammono with the two ms and christaller (1933) also has ahabammono.  Akrofi et al (1973) also has ahabammono. Anane (2000) and Aboagye et al  (2002) also have ahabammono. Apraku (2003) and Boadi (2005) have  ahahammono. You can find ahabammono across dialects but it seems that  ahahammono is pretty specific to Asante Twi.

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