Category: Akan (Twi) – English

adakaben

Language: Akan

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Xylophone.

adaka

Language: Akan

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Box.

kuntu

Language: Akan

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Blanket.

kumaa

Language: Akan

Part of speech: adjective

English Translation: Small/Younger.

Variation (Akan)	Adinkra	English	Tense
Nkumaa	nkumaa	Younger ones	Plural

kunu

Language: Akan

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Husband.

Variation
Adinkra	Akan	English	Tense
okunu	Okunu	Husband	noun

Antonym
Adinkra	Akan	English	Tense
yECrEC	Yere	Wife	noun

kuru

Language: Akan

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Sore/Ulcer.

hyira

Language: Akan

Part of speech: verb

English Translation: Bless.

tre

Language: Akan

Part of speech: verb

English Translation: Extend.

koCa

Language: Akan

Part of speech: verb

English Translation: Bend/Flex.

Variation
Adinkra	Akan	English	Tense
QECa	Kyea	Bend	verb
koCntoCnoC	Kontono	Bend	verb
bu mu	Bu mu	Bend	verb
emanECe	Emanea	Curve	verb

de sen

Language: Akan

Part of speech: Pronoun

English Translation: What.

Sentence (Adinkra): Wo din dE sen?

Sentence (Akan): Wo din de sen?

Translation (English): What is your name?