Awotwi
An Akan birth-order name given to the eighth child in a family, kept the same for a son or a daughter.
Meaning and origin
Awotwi comes from a different strand of Akan naming than the well-known day names: instead of marking the weekday of birth, it marks a child's place among their siblings, and Awotwi is the name for the eighth-born.
How to pronounce Awotwi
| Akan (Ghana) | ah-woh-CHWEE /awoˈtɕi/ |
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