Twi
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Fanti.
- Also Tshi [chwee, chee] /tʃwi, tʃi/ .
Other definitions for twi- (2 of 2)
a combining form meaning “two,” “twice”: twibill.
Origin of twi-
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How to use Twi in a sentence
This is called “Kwi-wi-senswed-di-tshi-ge-wi-nip”—“Little boy, his work.”
True Bear Stories | Joaquin MillerNa-pish-gatsh di-m-g-s -n-n-mi-an pi-sha-g-an-da-i na-pish-gatsh tshi-skwa-di-na-wd dzhi-ma-dzhi-a-ka-ma-da-mn bi-m-ds-si-an.
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa | Walter James HoffmanThe true domain of the populations speaking the languages of the Tshi or Ochi family begins only on the east of Apollonia.
The Races of Man | Joseph DenikerThe usual Tshi name for them appears to be bonsum or bossum: the word "duppy" I have been unable to trace.
Jamaican Song and Story | Walter JekyllNyam is not "to eat," but enm is Tshi for "meat," as nyama (in some form or other) is in every Bantu language.
Jamaican Song and Story | Walter Jekyll
British Dictionary definitions for Twi
/ (twiː) /
a language of S Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of Akan: Formerly called: Ashanti Compare Fanti
plural Twi or Twis a member of the Negroid people who speak this language
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