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Afrikan Language Institute => Akan (Twi) Language Resources => : Csalaam Nov 03, 2017, 01:16 p

: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255094
: Csalaam Nov 03, 2017, 01:16 p
Mekyea mo.

I hope you all are well. Does anyone know what the word werɛ means? I know it can mean to scrape, but also in phrases like "me werɛ afiri" it has a different meaning.

When i was in ghana i remember Ọbádélé telling me it was some part of your body (not a physical part I think).

Does anyone know?

Meda mo ase.

Susudua a wode susu ɔpɛ a nnipa wɔ wɔ faahodie ho gyina nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda wɔn amammerɛ ne wɔn nhyɛsoɔfoɔ amammerɛ ntam so.

You measure a people's potential for liberation based on how different their culture is from their oppressors

 - Amilcar Cabral
: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255095
: Csalaam Nov 03, 2017, 01:18 p
@Obadele Kambon

Susudua a wode susu ɔpɛ a nnipa wɔ wɔ faahodie ho gyina nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda wɔn amammerɛ ne wɔn nhyɛsoɔfoɔ amammerɛ ntam so.

You measure a people's potential for liberation based on how different their culture is from their oppressors

 - Amilcar Cabral
: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255109
: Chance Nov 03, 2017, 05:58 p
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It seems like the phrase means to lose your concsiousness/thoughtfulness.
: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255139
: Csalaam Nov 03, 2017, 08:56 p
Saa. Nyansa wɔ mu. Meda wo ase

Susudua a wode susu ɔpɛ a nnipa wɔ wɔ faahodie ho gyina nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda wɔn amammerɛ ne wɔn nhyɛsoɔfoɔ amammerɛ ntam so.

You measure a people's potential for liberation based on how different their culture is from their oppressors

 - Amilcar Cabral
: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255183
: Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Nov 03, 2017, 02:02 p
It's the component of the person associated with the heart and responsible for memory, sadness, confidence, sympathy/empathy, n.a.

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: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255184
: Chance Nov 03, 2017, 02:07 p
Aah. Thanks for clearing that up. We don't want the blind leading the blind.
: What does werɛ mean?-gctid255185
: Csalaam Nov 03, 2017, 02:18 p
@Obadele Kambon (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/member.php?u=1) Saa. Meda wo ase pa ara! Mekae sɛ wokaa wei seesei. Nkrataa a ɛfa nipa fa bi ho no wɔ hɔ, anaa? Mepɛ sɛ mekenkan ho kakraa bi
: RE: What does werɛ mean?-gctid259892
: Tenkamenin Jan 21, 2018, 04:57 p
79-Scan-Jan-21-2018-at-848-AM.pdf (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/attachments/attachments/1763/79-Scan-Jan-21-2018-at-848-AM.pdf)

Attached is Dr. Donkor's explanation of Werɛ.
: RE: What does werɛ mean?-gctid259896
: Kwadwo Tòkunbọ̀ Jan 21, 2018, 07:04 p
Thanks for this....great information. It is good to try and understand ourselves in our languages.  The lack of this knowledge is a vital piece that was stripped during the maafa.  The reclamation of our language is a must. 
: RE: What does werɛ mean?-gctid259897
: Tenkamenin Jan 22, 2018, 01:52 p
Posted by: kevlew

Thanks for this....great information. It is good to try and understand ourselves in our languages.  The lack of this knowledge is a vital piece that was stripped during the maafa.  The reclamation of our language is a must. 
Yɛnni aseda o!

Agreed, that was a pretty profound explanation of "werɛ" especially that last part where he says it's our duty to bind the broken-hearted and console the needy and poor to restore wholeness and bliss to a person or group.