Words starting with A

adesa

noun · a human being; mankind

more definite than gbọmọ; gbọmọ adesã, a human person; gbọmẹi adesãi, people

Origin

From Twi

Zimmermann's 1858 vocabulary says the origin seems to be Twi.

As recorded in 1858

adesã, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 5

Source and review

Meaning from
Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary of 1858
English in 1874
man, mankind
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