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207 Glossary ababawa (pl. mmabawa) young woman (after puberty before giving birth) aberanteε (pl. mmeranteε) adolescent, young man (after puberty) aberewa old woman; female elder abofra (pl. mmofra) child, boy, girl; servant, attendant; person inferior in rank abusua (pl. mmusua) matrilineage abusuapanyin lineage head aduru (pl. nnuru) medicine adwuma work, labor (especially agricultural work); employment of any kind; trade, profession afoofi leisure agorɔ play, game; performance (ritual), singing and dancing agya father; master ahenfie chief ’s palace ahenkwaa (pl. nhenkwaa) palace attendant, servant of a chief akɔm divination akwadaa child; very old man akwakoraa (pl. nkwakoraa) very old man akwankwaa (pl. nkwankwaa) young man, commoner with no office akwantufoɔ travelers, migrants anansesεm stories about the spider Kwaku Ananse; stories aware marriage, the state of being married borɔn (pl. mmorɔn) ward of a town ekuo hunters association ena mother εsono elephant kora (pl. akorafoɔ) co-wife krakye (pl. akrakyefoɔ) clerk, scholar mogya blood, shared within the matrilineage mpena girlfriend, concubine nsumankwaahene leader of those responsible for royal charms and amulets ntɔrɔ (or ntɔn) totemic spirit, inherited patrilineally ɔbaa (pl. mmaa) woman 208 Glossary ɔbarima (pl. mmarima) man; valiant man, hero ɔbarima pa a good, real, valiant man ɔbirεmpɔn (pl. abirεmpɔn) big man; Asante title ɔbɔfo (pl. abɔfoɔ) senior hunter ɔbɔmmɔfo (pl. abɔmmɔfoɔ) junior hunter ɔbosom (pl. abosom) lesser gods (compared to the supreme god, C nyame); abosom live in rocks, rivers, etc. ɔbosomfo (pl. abosomfoɔ) priest (used for Tegare priests) ɔdehyeε (pl. adehyeε) free-born person; noble man/woman; (matrilineally descended) royal of a stool or office ɔdekuro headman, village chief odunsini herbalist ɔhemaa (pl. ahemaa) queenmother ɔhene (pl. ahene) divisional chief ɔheneba (pl. ɔhenemma) child of a chief ɔkatakyie hero; a brave, valiant, bold, undaunted, courageous, powerful, mighty man; giant ɔkɔmfo (pl. akɔmfoɔ) male or female diviner (of an ɔbosom) ɔkrawa barren, childless man; impotent man ɔkyeame (pl. akyeame) spokesperson, linguist ɔman town; inhabitants of a town as a political body; state, nation ɔmanhene paramount chief ɔpanyin (pl. mpanyinfoɔ) elder osigyafo (pl. asigyafoɔ) unmarried man or woman ɔwura mister, gentleman pato three-walled room; sitting area with an open front suban character tiri nsa head-drink tiri sika head-money ware to marry, to take in marriage wɔfa (pl. wɔfanom) maternal uncle, often head of the matrilineage wɔfase nephew, niece (of the same matrilineage) yere wife ...

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