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