odum

See also: ödum and Odum

English

Noun

odum (plural odums)

  1. Synonym of mvule ("a tree of species Milicia excelsa")

Alternative forms

Akan
odum

Pronunciation
  • (Akuapem) Tone: LHH[1]

Noun

odum

  1. iroko (Chlorophora spp.); African oak (Oldfieldia africana); African teak, rock elm, Nigerian teak (Milicia excelsa,[2] syn. Chlorophora excelsa).

References
  1. Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  2. Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, Language, and the African Past, p. 201. Lanham and New York and Toronto and Oxford: AltaMira Press.
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