People and chieftaincy in Ga

• Nuu gbonyo Bad man Ask about it →
• Nuu efɔŋ Bad man Ask about it →
• Hii efɔŋ Bad men Also: Bad people Ask about it →
• Hii gbonyo Bad men Also: Bad people Ask about it →
• Gbɔmɔ efɔŋ Bad person Also: Bad human being Ask about it →
• Gbɔmɔ gbonyo Bad person Also: Dead person Ask about it →
• Yoo gbonyo Bad woman Ask about it →
• Yoo efɔŋ Bad woman Ask about it →
• Yei efɔŋ Bad women Ask about it →
• Yei gbonyo Bad women Ask about it →
• Nibalɔ Beggar

  Mumui nibalɔ lɛ — The dumb beggar

  Ask about it →
• Gbonyo Corpse Also: Dead person; Bad person Ask about it →
• Mankralo Deputy mantse; heir-apparent to the secular chief Ask about it →
• Datrɛfonyo Doctor Also: Healer

  Datrɛ / Datrɛfonyo / Dɔkita — Doctor

  Ask about it →
• Obonu Drum

  Obonu / Mi — Drum

  Ask about it →
• Miyilɔ Drummer Ask about it →
• Oblafo Executioner Ask about it →
• Mlijɔlɔ Friend Also: Companion

  Naanyo mlijɔlɔ ko tsɔɔ mi gbɛ — A kind friend directed me

  Ask about it →
• Yara Funeral — held in an open courtyard under a sailcloth Ask about it →
• Ŋoŋo Gong Ask about it →
• Nuu kpakpa Good man Ask about it →
• Hii kpaapa Good men Also: Good people Ask about it →
• Gbɔmɔ kpakpa Good person

  Gbɔmɔ kpakpa ni — He is a good man

  Ask about it →
• Yei kpakpa Good women Ask about it →
• Akekre Headgear Ask about it →
• Kobɔlɔi Homeless boys Also: Street boys Ask about it →
• Homowo Homowo — the Ga harvest festival, hooting at hunger Ask about it →
• Nii Honorific title for a man — seniority or ancestral lineage

  Ohe yɛ nii — You are lucky

  Ask about it →
• Adesa Human being Also: Story

  Makane adesa lɛ — I shall read the story

  Ask about it →
• Maŋtsɛwe lɛŋ In the chief's house Ask about it →
• Hani wodzo Let us dance Ask about it →
• Wɔtee maŋtsɛwe lɛ Let us go to the palace Ask about it →
• Otsaamɛ Linguist

  Esa akɛ okɛ owiemɔ atsɔ otsaamɛ lɛ nɔ — You should speak through the linguist

  Ask about it →
• Hii Men Also: People

  Ani oyɛ nyɛmimɛi hii? — Have you any brothers?

  Ask about it →
• Dama Military-smock Ask about it →
• Akwɛlɔi Nurses

  Ani helatsɛmɛi akwɛlɔi tsuɔ nii Hɔgbaa? — Do nurses work on Sundays?

  Ask about it →
• Maŋtsɛwe Palace

  Maŋtsɛwe lɛŋ — In the chief's house

  Ask about it →
• Akpakãi Palanquin

  Maŋtsɛ lɛ ta akpakãi mli — The chief is riding in a palanquin

  Ask about it →
• Maŋtsɛ-nukpa Paramount Chief

  Ehe hiaa akɛ anaa maŋtsɛ-nukpa lɛ? — Is it advisable to see the paramount chief?

  Ask about it →
• Gbɔmɔ Person Also: Human being

  Gbɔmɔ kpakpa ni — He is a good man

  Ask about it →
• Akutso Quarter (town division)

  akutso (plural: akutsei) — a quarter (town division); each Ga town is divided into quarters, each with its own Adowa ensemble

  Ask about it →
• Maŋnyɛ Queenmother Ask about it →
• Tsi Sceptre Ask about it →
• Mantse Secular political head or chief of a Ga town

  Amɛkpa maŋtsɛ lɛ — They have destooled the chief

  Ask about it →
• Tsulɔ Servant Ask about it →
• Akatamanso State Umbrella Ask about it →
• Ohohi Stranger Ask about it →
• Gbɔi Strangers

  Gboi min hawo — Strangers are overwhelming us

  Ask about it →
• Maŋtsɛ Sub-chief

  Amɛkpa maŋtsɛ lɛ — They have destooled the chief

  Ask about it →
• Sɛbɛ Talisman Ask about it →
• Tsɔɔlɔ Teacher

  Bo tsɔɔlɔ lɛ toi — Listen to the teacher

  Ask about it →
• Toimulɔi The deaf Also: Deaf people — needs speaker review (guide glosses toimulɔ as farmer)

  Toimulɔi nuuu nii — The deaf do not hear

  Ask about it →
• Ganyo krong The original Ga people, said to have come from Benin to Nungua around 1500 Ask about it →
• Amɛwo maŋtsɛ hee They have enstooled a new chief Ask about it →
• Maŋtsɛ-sɛi Throne Ask about it →
• Dzɔ To dance Ask about it →
• Asafo Warrior association or company Ask about it →
• Yei Women

  Jeee gbɔi ji yei nɛɛ — These women are not strangers

  Ask about it →
• Esa akɛ okɛ owiemɔ atsɔ otsaamɛ lɛ nɔ You should speak through the linguist Ask about it →
• Oblaa Youth Also: Young people

  Bukom oblaa hi nye fianshi daa — Bukom youth keep striving always

  Ask about it →

Sources: Heritage project owner — supplied directly, 2026-10-04; Language Guide — "The dumb beggar" = nibalɔ; cf. ba (ask/beg); Hampton 1978, Folkways FW04291 liner notes; Language Guide — "Doctor" = Datrɛ / Datrɛfonyo / Dɔkita (3 alternates); Bureau of Ghana Languages — Language Guide (Ga Version), 1999; Language Guide — "A kind friend" = mlijɔlɔ. Every entry is checked before it's published.