Twi
[ chwee, chee, twee ]
/ tʃwi, tʃi, twi /
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noun
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Fanti.
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Also Tshi [chwee, chee] /tʃwi, tʃi/ .
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twi-
a combining form meaning “two,” “twice”: twibill.
Origin of twi-
Middle English, Old English; cognate with German zwie- (Old High German zwi-), Latin bi-,Greek di-.See two
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British Dictionary definitions for Twi
Twi
/ (twiː) /
noun
a language of S Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of AkanFormerly called: Ashanti Compare Fanti
plural Twi or Twis a member of the Negroid people who speak this language
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