Words starting with Ts

tswa

Reviewed by a Ga speaker

to be struck; to fall; to strike, to hit; to throw; to fire; to knock; to knock to and fro; to boil; to dial (someone on the phone)

plural (of subject and object) tfia; infinitive tfā, tfiāmọ; tfa nõ, plural tfia nii, v., to strike with something; tfa odšo, v., infinitive odšotfā, to kidnap, to catch people for sale; tfa oti, infinitive otitfā, v., to shoot at the mark; tfa ši, infinitive šitfa, plural šitfiāmọ, to strike down, to fall down, the same as lu ši, also to be abased, cast away, an outcast (German verworfen sein); tfa šiši, infinitive šišitfā, to be hard against someone, the same as fe mọ ko ablo; tfa tẹ, v., infinitive tẹtfā, to throw a stone: etfami tẹ, he/she threw a stone at me; tfia tẹi, infinitive tẹitfiāmọ, to pelt with stones, to stone; tfa tšo, infinitive tšotfā, v., to strike with a stick: etfami tšo; tfa tũ, infinitive tûtfā, v., to fire a gun; tfa okplẹm, to fire a cannon and so on; hĩe tfa he nọ, infinitive henọhĩetfā, the same as hĩe kpa he nọ, v., to forget oneself; compare also otfašiniógbo!, fall down and die!, a curse, and as a noun, pestilence