Twi

[ chwee, chee, twee ]

noun
  1. 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)

twi-

  1. a combining form meaning “two,” “twice”: twibill.

Origin of twi-

2
Middle English, Old English; cognate with German zwie- (Old High German zwi-), Latin bi-,Greek di-.See two

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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 Miller
  • Na-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 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 Deniker
  • The 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 Jekyll
  • Nyam 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

Twi

/ (twiː) /


noun
  1. a language of S Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of Akan: Formerly called: Ashanti Compare Fanti

  2. plural Twi or Twis a member of the Negroid people who speak this language

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