Akan Teleteaching Course

Unit 9.7: Vocabulary

Note: The word items in the red area are compulsory for the Final Exam and have thus to be learnt by heart; whereas the words in the white area are also to be learnt but their active mastery won't be required for the Final Exam.

rel. cl. marker (introduces relative clauses) who, that, which

cond. cl. marker (closes conditional sequences) if, when

a-fuánumu, pl. mfuánumu n ass, donkey

AÁ-!moásu n (he who gives rain) attribute of God

AÁ-!moáwia n (he who gives sunshine) attribute of God

a-nkyñá bäara phrase soon after, it didn't last long

a-piraákuro n wound

bõá kaá v+compl. incur debt in business; go bankrupt

dä aboaá v+compl. help

ñ-kaá, pl. akaá n debt

guá muá phr. v put into, pour into

gyeá toá muá ser. v+pp. be convinced, accept, believe

hþé mmõábõ v+compl. pity, have mercy on sb., show empathy

hyñá bõá v+compl. promise, pledge, warranty

koáto v kneel, stoop, cower, crouch, squat

kyeákyere v bind, tie, tie together, dress (s.o.'s wounds), bandage

maá soá v lift

maáne v 1. turn or go aside from a main road 2. send, post, transmit

m-faátohü n parable, comparison, similarity

naám v 1. walk 2. crawl, creep

õ-kwaán!kyñán n roadside

õ-kwanmukæfoáõ, pl. akwanmukæfoáõ n robber, highway robber

õ-yõánkü, pl. ayõnküfoáõ n comrade, friend

piraá, redupl. piraápiàraá v hurt, wound

pueá soá phr. v appear, come up

saaá aára adv. it is so, like that, the same way, likewise

sñâ complementiser that, so that

sñà .. aâ, conj. if, when

yñá mmõábõ v+compl. be pitiable, pitiful


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