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Awo

Ga · Ga, Greater Accra · Kinship/lineage

Ga term of address meaning 'mother'. Zimmermann (1858) glosses awo (pl. awomei) as 'mother, mamma', used only in the vocative; it is the counterpart of Ataa ('father').

The child ran in calling 'Awo!'

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