Adinkra Alphabet

Category: Ghana Mmebusem

  • Ga Proverbs

    Ga Proverbs

  • 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…