omanye
Reviewed by a Ga speaker
noun · peace, happiness, joy, grace, loving-kindness, kindness; public acts of this kind; festivals, weddings
Zimmermann asks whether it is Otyi; he says the word is used especially by religious people and for religious things; compare hedšọlẹ in Gã and ma, v., and ye, v., in Otyi; Omanye aba! or Tfa omanye aba! (see tfa, v.), let peace come!, with the answer Omanye ba!, peace come!, a greeting used especially by fetish priests and priestesses and public speakers
As recorded in 1858
omanye, Zimmermann's vocabulary, page 250
Source and review
- Where the meaning comes from
- Zimmermann's Ga vocabulary of 1858
- English words in the 1874 dictionary
- grace, happiness, joy, joyfulness, kindness, lovingkindness, peace
- Review
- Reviewed by a Ga speaker,