akoa

Akan

Noun

akoa (plural nkoa) (Twi)

1. slave

   Synonym: ɔsomfoɔ

Derived terms

• nkoasom (“slavery”)

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “slave”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Cebuano

Etymology

akò (“mine, by me”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkoʔa/ [ʔaˈkoː.ʔa]
• (Bohol) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈhoʔa/ [ʔaˈhoː.ʔa]
• Hyphenation: a‧ko‧a

Pronoun

akoa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜀ)

1. 1st person preposed indirect-marked pronoun
   1. (possessive) my; mine

      Coordinate terms: akò, (postposed) nakò

      akoang balay ― my house

   2. (object of verb) (by) me, I

      akoa/akoang gipalit ang sinina

      The dress was bought by me/I bought the dress

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akóa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nímo	mo	ímo	imóha	kanímo	nímo
	third person		siyá		níya		íya	iyáha	kaníya	níya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atóa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amóa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	nínyo		ínyo	inyóha	kanínyo	nínyo
	third person		silá		níla		íla	iláha	kaníla	níla

¹ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
² Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
³ Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.