Etymology

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Today it means: A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana. Full definition →

Akan kɛntɛn
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The story

  1. Akan · borrowed fromkɛntɛn“basket”
  2. English todaykente

Borrowed from Akan kɛntɛn (“basket”).

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