abasa
noun · the length of both outstretched arms; a fathom
Otyi (Twi); ta abasa, v. to bet
Origin
From Twi
Zimmermann's 1858 vocabulary marks it as Twi.
As recorded in 1858
abasá, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 1
Source and review
- Meaning from
- Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary of 1858
- English in 1874
- arm, fathom
- Review
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