Adinkra Alphabet

Category: Akan Proverbs

  • Bofre

    Adinkra bcfre a eye de na abaa da asECe – ghana mmEbusem. Akan Bofre a eye de na abaa da asee – Ghana Mmebusem.

  • Nokware

    Adinkra noCqarEC ye ayarECsa – ghana mmEbusem. English Truth is a cure – Ghanaian proverb.

  • Bomokyikyie

    Adinkra bomoQiQiE firi nsuo asEC beka se denQem aCwu a yenNEC noC aCQiNEC. Akan Bomokyikyie firi nsuo ase beka se denkyem awu a yennye no akyinye. English If the bomokyikyie (a type of fish) comes from under the waters to say that the crocodile is dead, do not doubt it.

  • Asuahunu

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

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Afuru bom

    Adinkra funtunfunEfu nEC denQemfunEfu, wcn aCfuru bom nansoC woCrECdidi a na wcrECkoC, Efiri se aCduanEC de yetEC noC wc mECnECtwitwiE mu. Akan Funtunfunefu ne denkyemfunefu won afuru bom nanso woredidi a na woreko, efiri se adauane de yete no wo menetwitwie mu.

  • Agya

    Adinkra agya bi wu a, agya bi tE asE. Akan Agya bi wu a, agya bi te ase. English One gain a new father when you lose your father.

  • Nyame