adinkra

English

Etymology

From Akan adinkra.

Noun

adinkra (plural adinkras or adinkra)

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.
(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

Akan

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Pronunciation

Tone: LLLH[1]

Noun

adinkra

adinkra cloth

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒĩ.kɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒĩ.kɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdĩ.kɾɐ/ [ɐˈðĩ.kɾɐ]

Noun

adinkra m (plural adinkra or adinkras)

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

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