Twi

See also: twi, TWI, twî, ƫwi, and twi-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Twi Twi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃwiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Twi

1. A dialect of the Akan language, spoken in Ghana in West Africa.
   • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 35:

     She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it.

Translations

language

• Dutch: Twi (nl) n
• Farefare: sãntɛɛnɛ, kãmbɔnnɛ
• German: Twi (de) n
• Moore: sãnteere
• Portuguese: twi (pt) m
• Russian: чви (ru) m (čvi)
• Swedish: twi (sv)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code tw, ISO 639-3 code twi (SIL)

Anagrams

• Tiw, WIT, wit, wit', wit.

Akan

Proper noun

Twi

1. Twi (a dialect of the Akan language, spoken in Ghana)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Twi n

1. Twi (language)

Anagrams

• wit