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tawe-tawe

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Yoruba

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Reduplication of tàwé.

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tàwé-tàwé

  1. bookseller
    • 2002?, “Ibi Ìsádi Fún Títẹ Bíbélì”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower[1]:
      Kò pẹ́ kò jìnnà, ìlú Antwerp ti ọ̀rúndún kẹrìndínlógún wá di ilé fún àwọn òǹtẹ̀wé, òǹṣèwé, àtàwọn tàwétàwé tí iye wọ́n jẹ́ igba ó lé mọ́kànléláàádọ́rin [271]
      Before long, 16th-century Antwerp was the home of 271 printers, publishers, and booksellers.