Ghana

Momo

Mobile money, a common way to send and receive cash.
Example

Send the money through momo.

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Kokonsa

Gossip or backbiting.
Example

Stop the kokonsa about people.

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Aboa

Literally "animal"; used as an insult meaning fool.
Example

Don't behave like aboa.

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Sika

Money in Twi.
Example

I no get sika right now.

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Gyae

Stop it; leave it. Twi.
Example

Gyae that nonsense.

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Massa

Man or mister; a casual way to address someone.
Example

Massa, wetin dey happen?

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Paa

Very or a lot; an intensifier from Twi.
Example

I dey hungry paa.

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Trotro

A shared minibus used for public transport.
Example

I go take trotro go town.

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Dumsor

Persistent power outages / load-shedding. From Twi "dum" (off) and "sor" (on).
Example

Dumsor spoil my whole evening.

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Obroni

A white person or foreigner. Twi word, used descriptively, not offensively.
Example

The obroni dey learn Twi.

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