abonsam
noun · the devil; a bad person
pl. -sami; Adangme: abušam; Otyi: ọbonsam, abonsam
Origin
From Twi ọbonsam
Zimmermann's 1858 vocabulary gives the Twi form but does not say which language took the word from the other.
As recorded in 1858
abonsám, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 3
Source and review
- Meaning from
- Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary of 1858
- English in 1874
- devil
- Review
- Not yet reviewed