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TWI VOCABULARY
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- Abono nne - Worshipping days and festivals which falls during the week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, etc.)
- Abusua - An extended matrilineal family (traced through your mother and other women who share a common bloodline). There are eight of these matrilineal clans.
- Adae - A 42 day celebration evolving around a god, ancestors or suman. It is a day of rest for the Okomfoo or Obosomfoo.
- Adapaa - The day of preparation preceding the Adae. It is looked upon as a good day.
- Aduto - Any bad medicine used to injure someone
- Afahye- An annual yam festival usually celebrated after the yam harvest. It means half celebrated due to the fact that the top and bottom of the yam is cut to be sow for the next year.
- Asafee —Three parallel marking done with clay mixed with water on the joints of Okomfoo and Obosomfoo after they bathe medicine or the water from the god’s river on Adae.
- Aseda - A ceremony of thanks given to a god for the help received.
- Asuo Yaa - A name given to the spirit of a pot filled with items used for divination by female Okomfoo.
- Atano - A generic name for all the gods that emerged out of the Tano River differentiating them from Obosommerafoo.
- Bo mpae ye - The act of pouring of libation.
- Da bone - A bad or unlucky day in the sense that it is prohibited for these close very close to the shrine to work or travel on the Adae.
- Doso - A raffia skirt worn by Okomfoo or Obosomfoo during Okom
- Dufa - Herbal medicine with added ingredients pounded and made into hard rectangle or round shape objects and applied by rubbing on stone. Used for treating varied ailments and as a protection against witchcraft.
- Dunsini - An individual who is very knowledgeable in treating disease and different types of ailment with the usage of plants and nsuman.
- Eto - Mashed yam formed in the shape of dumpling or balls and fed to the gods on Adae.
- Kra - The spark of life, the vital source of life in creation that animates from god, and correspond to the days of the week.
- Kwabena - An Adae that fall on Tuesday every 42days, also the name of a male child born on Tuesday.
- Mogya - Blood in the sense of defining ones ancestry through the line of the matrilineal. Family.
- Mmoatia - Dwarf like spirit creatures that lives in the forest with great knowledge of herbs and medicine. They act as assistance and messengers of gods.
- Mpesempese - Locked hair worn by a training Okomfoo or Obosomfoo . Okomfoo and Obosomfoo for Ntoa gods wears them.
- Nana - Name given to God, gods, ancestors or an elder such as a grandparent as a sign of respect. The name is also use for Chief and priests or anyone believed to be an ancestor who has reincarnated.
- Ntoa - A family of nsumabrafoo that posses. They are normally found in the bush and are covered with cloth or skin.
- Nton - A spiritual patrilineal aspect of man that is passed on through the sperm and is the transmitter of the sunsum. There are twelve groups each under the auspices of an Obosom.
- Obayifoo - Witch. Only women are called by this name.
- Obosom - Name for the gods who are the children of Nyame. They are mostly associated with a River, or an element of nature. They are a family and are classified according to their functions.
- Okom - A celebration of singing, drumming and possession of the god and takes place on an Adae.
- Okomfoo - A male or female, and can possess the god any time or place.
- Obosomfoo - A matrilineal priest who is chosen by the family or family god to service.
- Obosommerafoo - An executioner god who specializes in catching and punishing witches and offenders of the laws and customs.
- Odomankoma - God The Creator.
- Onyame - The Supreme God.
- Onyankopon Kwame - The Great God who stands alone is called Kwame.
- Suman - A minor spirit that derives their powers from Obosom or from the plants and objects they are made from.
- Sumambrafoo - A minor spirit that catches and punish witches and offenders of the laws and customs.
- Sunsum - The personality, character and talents of a person that is passed on from the father to child. It manifests itself in the dream world and can experience.
- Yowa - The brass pan that houses a god whereby it may be invoked. It is commonly called a god’s eating table (didi pono).
- Yi mmusuo - Any type of sacrifices done at shrine to ward-off misfortune or sickness or pull things for prosperity.
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