twi

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

Translingual

Etymology

From English Twi.

Symbol

twi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Twi Akan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Twi Akan terms

Kokborok

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”).

Noun

twi

1. water

References

• The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

twi

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of twig

Etymology 2

Adverb

twi

1. alternative form of twie

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

twī n

1. alternative form of twiġ

Portuguese

Noun

twi m (uncountable)

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

Swazi

Adjective

-twí

1. very small

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	lengimutwi	ngimutwi
2nd singular	lomutwi	umutwi
1st plural	lesibatwi	sibatwi
2nd plural	lenibatwi	nibatwi
class 1	lomutwi	mutwi
class 2	labatwi	batwi
class 3	lomutwi	mutwi
class 4	lemitwi	mitwi
class 5	lelitwi	litwi
class 6	lamatwi	matwi
class 7	lesitwi	sitwi
class 8	letintwi	tintwi
class 9	lentwi	intwi
class 10	letintwi	tintwi
class 11	lolutwi	lutwi
class 14	lobutwi	butwi
class 15	lokutwi	kutwi
class 17	lokutwi	kutwi

Yola

Numeral

twi

1. alternative form of twy
   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 2:

     Thaay heighed upa Buckeen twi hours avar dawn,

     They mounted on Buckeen two hours before dawn.

   • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 1:

     "Twi baare bones upa a baare dish,

     ["Two bare bones upon a bare dish,]

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland