Kropp Dakubu 2009

Dakubu Kropp M.E. (ed.) Ga-English dictionary 2nd edition. — Accra: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; Black Mask Ltd., 2009

Realizations (84)

Shift	Language	Lexeme	Source		Target	Page
#1985	Ga	jwetri	silver	—	money	101
#8229	Ga	jaku	family in the widest sence, great family	→	motherland	96
#6433	Ga	abɛkulɔ	left-handed person	→	clumsy person	16
#4122	Ga	abonua	small citrus (Citrus medica var. acida)	→	yellow colour	18
#10587	Ga	afabaŋ	wall	→	protection, both spiritual and physical	21
#2842	Ga	afu	hump	→	camel	22
#10589	Ga	agba	bridge	→	scaffolding	22-23
#2333	Ga	agbo	big	→	important	23
#10590	Ga	agblama	foam on the far horizon of the sea	→	white	23
#6567	Ga	ama	tree resin, gum	—	glue	32
#9671	Ga	ama	tree resin, gum	—	tar	32
#7720	Ga	anɔ	domestic cat	→	thief	34
#9440	Ga	aŋmɔ-kpaa	binding rope	→	creeping plant, Canavalia rosea	36
#10591	Ga	asara	snuff	→	brown	38
#2147	Ga	asɛmlɛjo	kind of insect that lives in the sap of oil palm tree	→	drunkard	38
#9241	Ga	awi	wickedness	—	thief	42
#7862	Ga	aya	domestic cat	→	lazy person	43
#633	Ga	ayawa	copper	—	brass	44
#10592	Ga	ba	to come	→	to bring	44
#10593	Ga	ba	to bring	→	to produce	44-45
#751	Ga	baa	leaf	→	sheet of paper	45
#10594	Ga	be	to be cooked, ready	—	to be clever	47
#10382	Ga	bentoa	plant Lagenaria vulgaris	→	calabash made from the fruit of the plant	48
#4565	Ga	bɛlɛ	tube for smoking tobacco	→	any wind musical instrument	48
#8929	Ga	bi	young animal	←	child	49
#2085	Ga	bibioo	small	—	young	49
#10595	Ga	blawa	piece, fragment, eg. of cloth	→	syllable	50
#34	Ga	bo	to listen to	→	to obey	51
#568	Ga	bote	to enter, go into	→	to begin (tr., intr.)	52
#5753	Ga	bɔ	dew	—	morning mist	53
#2912	Ga	bɔdɔbɔdɔ	weak of person	←	lazy	53
#2045	Ga	bɔfo	messenger	→	angel	53
#267	Ga	bu	to be cheap	—	to be plentiful	54
#2	Ga	bu	to calculate, count	—	to respect	54
#11	Ga	bu	to calculate, count	—	to pronounce, declare, proclame	54
#9580	Ga	bu	hole	→	grave, tomb	55
#10603	Ga	bua	to gather, assemble	→	to help, aid	55
#10603	Akan	boà	to gather	—	to help	55
#2648	Ga	butuu	chaff	→	useless material	55-56
#2262	Ga	dade	metal	→	cash	57
#5339	Ga	dade	iron	→	metal	57
#5352	Ga	dade	iron	→	cutlass	57
#10604	Ga	diki	to paint black	→	to print, publish	59
#9486	Ga	dɔ	to be hot, heated	→	to cause pain, hurt	60
#1557	Ga	dɔrɔdɔrɔ	bitter	←	bile	61
#3073	Ga	ebɔɔ	bile, gall	→	poison	62
#10605	Ga	fa	to borrow, lend (money)	→	to forgive	64-65
#1877	Ga	faŋ	vein, artery	—	tendon	66
#6372	Ga	fee	to do, act	—	to make, create	66
#10606	Ga	feelɔ	doer, maker	→	subject (grammar)	66-67
#392	Ga	fɛo	beauty	—	goodness	68
#10114	Ga	fi	to tie	→	to cast a spell	68
#1343	Ga	fine	wing	—	fin	69
#5129	Ga	fioo	little, small	—	younger	69
#10621	Ga	fite	to destroy, annihilate	→	to cost	69
#4653	Ga	fo	to cut	→	to kill	70
#10622	Ga	fo	to cut	→	to write	70
#10623	Ga	fo	to cut	→	to make, create	70
#1648	Ga	fo	to cut	→	to cross, traverse	70
#3425	Ga	folo	naked, bare	—	empty	70-71
#10624	Ga	folo	empty	—	alone, unaccompanied	70-71
#10625	Ga	folo	naked, bare	—	alone, unaccompanied	70-71
#6522	Ga	fɔ	to throw	→	to wave	71
#10627	Ga	fɔ	to throw	→	to insult	71
#10628	Ga	fɔji	to deceive	—	to counterfeit	71
#8813	Ga	fɔnɔnii	wwomb	—	placenta	72
#968	Ga	fɔŋ	bad	—	wicked	72
#10630	Ga	fua	to hug, embrace	→	to agree	73
#4786	Ga	fufɔ	human milk	—	female breast	73
#2136	Ga	gba	to tell, talk about	→	to prophesy, divine, proclaim	75
#692	Ga	gbe	to strike	—	to kill	76
#3042	Ga	gbe	to kill	→	to extinguish, put out	76
#1104	Ga	gbe	to finish	←	to kill	76
#9840	Ga	gbe	to kill	→	to make calm, become calm	76
#2545	Ga	gbee	to fall down	→	to lose respect, lose social standing	76-77
#2260	Ga	gbee	to fall down	→	to coincide	76-77
#10631	Ga	gbele	to open (tr.)	→	to permit, allow	77
#748	Ga	gbɛ	way, route, path	→	manner	78
#6329	Ga	gbɛi	name	→	reputation	78
#794	Ga	gbi	to be dry	→	to lose weight, become thin	79
#376	Ga	gblɔgblɔ	sweet (taste)	—	tasty	79
#3169	Ga	gbo	to die	↔	to go out (of fire)	80
#10632	Ga	gbonyo	dead person, corpse	→	bad	80
#864	Ga	gbonyo	excellent	←	bad	80