akrowa
noun · village; farm village
Origin
From Portuguese or Twi (sources differ) crom / korow + ba
A Ga speaker: from Portuguese crom (village). Zimmermann 1858: from Twi korow (town) and ba (little). Earlier note: Zimmermann: Otyi, from korow, town, and ba, little
Sources disagree about this origin. Both views are shown above.
As recorded in 1858
akrowa, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 13
Source and review
Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary, 1858. Not yet reviewed.