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enskinning

enskinning is the present participle and gerund of enskin.

Meaning of enskin

Verb

enskin (third-person singular simple present enskins, present participle enskinning, simple past and past participle enskinned)

  1. (transitive, Ghana) To install as a leader of a group.
    • On being enskinned, the successful candidate was ceremonially informed that he was henceforth answerable to all the Wala and not only the Nabihi.2002, Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171

Questions about enskinning

What is enskinning the present participle and gerund of?
Enskinning is the present participle and gerund of enskin.

Words near enskinning in the dictionary

  1. enskies
  2. enskin
  3. enskinment
  4. enskinments
  5. enskinned
  6. enskinning
  7. enskins
  8. ensky
  9. enskyed
  10. enskying
  11. enslavability

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