aboloo – meal made from steamed corn dough

akple – an Ewe meal made from cooking fermented maize flour and cassava flour. It is usually accompanied with soup, stew or pepper

aponkye nkrakra – goat meat light soup

atakpame – houses built with mud bricks

atsiagbekor – traditional war dance of the Ewes

ayekoo – well done / congratulations

bofrot – fried balls of dough. Similar to doughnuts

banku – meal made from cooking corn and cassava dough

chofi – fried turkey tail

fetri detsi – Ewe for okra soup

fufu – meal made by pounding boiled plantain and cassava

hɔme – Ewe for room

jollof – dish made from boiling rice in meat or fish stew

langa- langa – scythe-like type of weeding instrument with a thin metal blade

mami wata/papa wata – mermaid/ merman

medekuku – Ewe for please

mia woezor loo – Ewe for you‘re welcome

ntosuoɔ – Twi for a bonus item given after a purchase

okada – commercial motorcycle

Saloon mango – This type of mango was originally brought into Ghana from Sierra Leone and was corrupted to Sa‘Leone mango and finally to what it‘s commonly called now, saloon mango.

shitɔ – hot spicy pepper sauce

too known – conceited

trotro – commercial bus

waakye – dish of boiled rice and beans. Eaten with salad,

gari, spaghetti and fish or meat stew

wee – marijuana

wele – cooked cow hide