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Metaphor and Meaning in Akan Tuber Naming
Nhεnmu
Nhwehwεmu yi nam amambra a ɔda edzi wɔ kasa mu tiɔri (Sharifian, 2017) do pεnsapεnsa edzin a Akanfo dze to dwow asorɔtow mu. Nhwehwεmu yi dua mboanosεm a ofi ankoranko na dodow ntamu nkitahodzi do dzi dwuma yi. Dwumadzi yi tsim kasa mu ndzeyεε na dwumadzi a enyi tua ho ho suahu na nhunmu do. Yenyaa mboanosεm fii ekuafo na Akan kasa mu enyimdzefo nkyεn. Yenyaa bi so fii nwoma ahorow a ɔka Akan abakɔsεm mu. Dzin a wɔdze ma dwow bi tse dε Nankabayer yε ngyinahɔma a otsim nhunmu a Akanfo nya wɔ wɔnye mbowa na hɔn amambra ntamu nkitahodzi mu no do. Wɔdze nhunmu a yenya fi yεnye abɔdze a etwa hεn ho ehyia ntamu nkitahodzi a no mu dɔ to gua. Wɔsan ma su pa na asetsena mu nhyehyεε a ɔsom Akanfo bo no so tsim. Dzin a wɔdze ma dwowbiara ne fapem yε Akan amambra mu nhyehyεε na nhunmu. Yenya ngyinahɔma BAYER YƐ NANKA wɔ bayer-dzin Nankabeyer mu. Dzin yi dze dza ɔkɔ do wɔ nyimpa no wiadze no toto ekuadwuma mu adzeyε ho. Mbrε yesi to edzin a ɔtsetse dεm yi boa ma yεkora nyimdzee na nyansa a yεwɔ wɔ dza etwa hεn ho ehyia ho no do. Dzinto yi boa ma dza yenyim fa nyimpakuw bi ho no tsim. Nhwehwεmu yi yε ebibirmu dzinto ho adzesua ne fa bi a no mu esuadze mmbεdaa gua no ho edwuma. Odzi dase dε edzin a yεdze ma dwow no yε amambra mu edwindze asorɔtow. Edzin yi da no edzi pefee dε nyimpakuw biara hɔn kasaa, mbrε wosi dwen na wiadze a etwa hɔn ho ehyia no wɔ twaka a no mu yε dzen.