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The word for "virgin" in Akan
@solomonagyemang-prempeh @nasibaabass
One of your colleagues (the young man whose head was wrapped with a cloth) had a question about this word. I told him it’s ɔbaabunu. He insisted that ɔbaabunu only refers to youth (I think he was probably confusing ɔbaabunu with ɔbabunu). At any rate, I decided to cross reference and, good news indeed, the word is ɔbaabunu just as I told him. Please feel free to share with him as I’m not seeing him having signed up on Abibitumi or in the Academic Writing group.
These are a few of the dictionaries that I consulted (screenshots attached):
Akrofi, C. A., Botchey, G. L., & Takyi, B. K. (1996). An English-Akan-Eue-Ga dictionary. Waterville Publishing House.
Akrofi, C. A., & Rapp, E. L. (ca. 1953). Twi nsɛm nkorɛnkorɛ kyerɛwbea: Twi spelling book (Rev. and enl. ed.). Waterville Publishing House.
Anane, J. O. (2000). Advanced Akan dictionary: Akuapim-Twi, Asante and Fanti dictionary with names and meanings. Prisebs Business Services.
Berry, J. (1960). English, Twi, Asante, Fante dictionary. Presbyterian Book Depot.
Boadi, A. K. (Comp.). (2005). Twi kasa mmara ne kasɛsoɔ. Wise Image Publication.
Christaller, J. G. (1933). Dictionary of the Asante and Fante language called Tshi (Twi) (2nd ed., rev. and enl.). Basel Evangelical Missionary Society.
Gyekye-Aboagye, J., Gyima, S. A., Okraku, L. A., Opong, R. M., Coleman, S. K., & Oteng Boakye, A. (2002). Akan nsɛmfuasekyerɛ. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
