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kpankɔbigu

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Noun

Audio

homespun cloth daubed with indigo or woven indigo-and-white in echo of guinea-fowl plumage

  • KPAANKƆBGU ZUƔUPILIGU ... Kpaluhi da pili m-bahiri mi sabila mini mi piɛlla n gabiri taba n wuɣiri tana ka Dagbamba boonili Kpaaŋkɔbgu. GUINEAFOWL-PLUMAGE HAT ... the weavers started mixing indigo ('black') and white threads in weaving cloth, and the Dagomba call it Guineafowl-plumage. [DB-Headgear.020]