Words starting with A

adesa

noun · a human being; mankind

more definite than gbọmọ; gbọmọ adesã, a human person; gbọmẹi adesãi, people

Origin

From Twi (Otyi)

Zimmermann says the origin seems to be Otyi

As recorded in 1858

adesã, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 5

Source and review

Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary, 1858. Not yet reviewed.

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