adinkra
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English
Etymology
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
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Anagrams
Akan
Pronunciation
Noun
adinkra
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
Noun
adinkra m (plural adinkra or adinkras)
- adinkra (visual symbol representing a concept or aphorism, created by the Akan)