ajalo
Also written ajalo (or ajɔtɔ)
noun · yaws, a lingering infectious skin disease
ye adšalo, to have yaws; Zimmermann notes some parents deliberately exposed children, believing it protected them later
Origin
From Twi gyatọ
Zimmermann's 1858 vocabulary gives the variant adšọtọ as from Twi gyatọ.
As recorded in 1858
adšalo (or adšọtọ), Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 6
Source and review
- Meaning from
- Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary of 1858
- Review
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