Akan

[ah-kahn]

noun, plural A·kans, (especially collectively) A·kan for 2.

a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.

a member of any of various Akan-speaking peoples, including the Ashanti and Fanti.

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Historical Examples of akan

Thus buat-kan (to do) means to do something to (akan) something or somebody.
A Manual of the Malay language
William Edward Maxwell
The volume commences with an account of the Akan tribes and their existence in two main branches--Fanti and Ashanti.
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916
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British Dictionary definitions for akan

Akan

noun

plural -kan or -kans a member of a people of Ghana and the E Côte d'Ivoire

the language of this people, having two chief dialects, Fanti and Twi, and belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family

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