Words starting with A

akatamanso

noun · a very large umbrella used by chiefs at open-air gatherings and state occasions

Origin

From Twi (Otyi)

Zimmermann: Otyi, lit. people-cover or towns-cover

As recorded in 1858

akatamanso, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 10

Source and review

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

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