Adinkra Alphabet

Category: Ghana Mmebusem

Ghanaian proverbs (Akan, Ewe, Ga and Dagbani)

  • Ga Proverbs

    Ga Proverbs

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  • Asuahunu

    Adinkra
    adEe Nina dan asuahunu.
    Akan
    Adee nyina dan asuahunu.

  • Kpaai bahi

    Adinkra
    Kaai bahi vari zaa.
    Dagbani
    Kpaai bahi vari zaa.
    English
    Don’t cry over spilt milk.

  • Cassava

    Adinkra
    aGEli WE Kolo mE To DaDa Gc o.
    Ewe
    Agbeli dze kpolo me tso dada gbo o.
    English
    Hard and tasteless cassava has nothing to do with the way it was cooked.

  • Mfuo

    Adinkra
    wo mfuo dccso a, woye nE Ninaa.
    Akan
    Wo mfuo dooso a, woye ne nyinaa.
    English
    If you have many farms, you cultivate them all.

  • Dua

    Adinkra
    dua a ENa wo a ebewc waMi no, yEtu asEe; yensEnsEnE ano.
    Akan
    Dua a enya wo a ebewo wani no, yetu asee; yensensene ano.
    English
    A stick that has the potential to piece ones eye is uprooted rather than sharpened.

  • Woman

    Adinkra
    nyirkcJu lana mali o limli so be dEEira.
    Dagbani
    Nyirkoyu lana mali o limli so be deeira.
    English
    A woman with slim buttocks has her beads around her waist and nobody can take them from her.

  • Old Bones

    Adinkra
    lagla xoxo mE Fo na dEtsi o.
    Ewe
    Lagla xoxo me fo na detsi o.
    English
    Old bones from former hunting cannot be used to prepare a sauce in the present.

  • Belly

    Adinkra
    kaadi omusuM see ni otsc yakagbcmc.
    Ga
    Kaadi omusun see ni otso yakagbomo.
    English
    Do not allow the belly to make you useless.

  • Kokosakyi

    Adinkra
    kckcsaCQi si ctoC nEC kosua wc soCroC, efiri se bcmmcfoCc hoC ye hu.
    Akan
    Kokosakyi si oto ne kosua wo soro, efiri se bommofuo ho ye hu.
    English
    Though I am not edible, “says the vulture, “yet I nurse my eggs in the branches of a tall tree because man is hard to be trusted.