"Twi" meaning in English

See Twi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /t͡ʃwiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Twi.wav
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from Twi Twi. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Twi
  1. A dialect of the Akan language, spoken in Ghana in West Africa. Wikipedia link: Twi Categories (topical): Languages Translations (language): Twi [neuter] (Dutch), sãntɛɛnɛ (Farefare), kãmbɔnnɛ (Farefare), Twi [neuter] (German), sãnteere (Moore), twi [masculine] (Portuguese), чви (čvi) [masculine] (Russian), twi (Swedish)
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          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "language",
          "word": "sãntɛɛnɛ"
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          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "language",
          "word": "kãmbɔnnɛ"
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          "word": "sãnteere"
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      "lang": "Farefare",
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      "word": "sãntɛɛnɛ"
    },
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      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "kãmbɔnnɛ"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Twi"
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      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "sãnteere"
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      "sense": "language",
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      "word": "twi"
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      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чви"
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      "code": "sv",
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