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Twi
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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twi-
a combining form meaning “two,” “twice”: twibill.
Origin:
Middle English, Old English; cognate with German zwie- (Old High German zwi-), Latin bi-, Greek di-. See two
Middle English, Old English; cognate with German zwie- (Old High German zwi-), Latin bi-, Greek di-. See two
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World English Dictionary
| Twi (twiː) | |
| —n , Twi, Twis | |
| 1. | Compare Fanti Formerly called: Ashanti a language of S Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of Akan |
| 2. | a member of the Negroid people who speak this language |
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Word Origin & History
twi-
prefix meaning "two," O.E. twi-, prefix meaning "two, in two ways, twice, double," from P.Gmc. *twi- (cf. O.Fris. twi-, O.N. tvi-, Du. twee-, O.H.G. zwi-, Ger. zwei-), from PIE *dwis (cf. Skt. dvi-, Gk. di-, Old L. dvi-, L. bi-, Lith. dvi-), from *dwo "two" (see two). Cognate
EXPANDwith bi-. Older instances of it include M.E. twinter "two years old" (1404, of cattle, sheep, etc.), reduced from O.E. twi-wintre, and O.E. twispræc "double or deceitful speech."
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| TWI two-way interface |
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