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Hi, I welcome you to lesson 4 of the Twi Vocabulary course, here on LearnAkan.Com. Today, we are going to look at FOODS. How do you say, for example, rice in Twi? Or, how do you say yam or potato in Twi? We’ll look at these and more in this lesson.
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Twi Names of Some Food Items
| Twi | English |
|---|---|
| bankye | cassava |
| borɔdeɛ | plantain |
| gyeene | onion |
| mako | pepper |
| ɛmo | rice |
| ɛmmɔre | dough |
| nyaadewa | garden egg |
| nkuruma | okro |
| adua | bean |
| aborɔbɛ | pineapple |
| aburoo | maize |
| nɛnkyemɔɔno; ntoosi | tomato |
| akekaduro | ginger |
| kwadu | banana |
| nkyene | salt |
| asikyire | sugar |
| borɔferɛ | pawpaw |
| ankaa | orange |
| ankaa twadeÉ› | lime |
| nkateÉ› | peanut/groundnut |
| aborɔdwomaa | potato |
| bayerÉ› | yam |
| mankani | cocoyam |
| kontommire | cocoyam leaves |
| kosua (plural: nkosua) | egg |
| anwa | vegetable oil |
| esam | flour |
| paanoo/burodo | bread |
| koobi | salted and dried tilapia |
| kube | coconut |
| abÉ› | palm fruit |
| (abÉ›) ngo | palm oil |
| adwe | palm kernel |
| adwe ngo | palm kernel oil |
| paya | pear |
| ɛmane | herring |
| mmɔnkɔ | lobsters |
| nwa | snail |
| kɔtɔ | crab |
| atadwe | tigernut |
| mogyanam | meat |
| nsuomnam | fish |
| prakonam | pork |
| nantwinam | beef |
| odwannam | mutton |
| atosodeÉ› | vegetables |
| ahwedeÉ› | sugarcane |
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Responses
Thank you so much I will learned a lot
Glad :). Medaase!
I want the twi name for almond
Two name for cucumber
English names of brube
Thanks , very helpful
Can you please post a blog or vlog on counting in twI ? Thanks
Sure Carl. Numbering/counting is one of the lessons in queue. If you’ve subscribed to the blog, you’ll be notified when it is published. Thanks