adinkra

adinkra

English

Etymology

From Akan adinkra.

Noun

adinkra (plural adinkras or adinkra)

1. Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
2. (physics) A graphical representation of supersymmetric algebras, consisting of coloured finite connected simple graphs that are bipartite and n-regular.

Translations

visual symbol representing a concept or aphorism, created by the Akan

Japanese: アディンクラ・シンボル (adinkura shinboru) Portuguese: adinkra m

Anagrams

• anarkid

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Akan

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Pronunciation

• Tone: LLLH[1]

Noun

adinkra

1. adinkra cloth

References

1. Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “adiṅkărá”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 84

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Portuguese

Noun

adinkra m (plural adinkra or adinkras)

1. adinkra (visual symbol representing a concept or aphorism, created by the Akan)