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Yawa o

🇬🇭 Ghana Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Yawa o definition 1

Expression for “what a shame” or “how embarrassing.”

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇬🇭 Ghana
Definitions
1 community definition
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July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Yawa 🇱🇷 Liberia

Problem/Mess (Trouble)

"Yawa don gas! (Trouble has happened!)"
Yawa 🇬🇭 Ghana

Embarrassment or failure.

"He fell on stage—big yawa!"

🇬🇭 About Ghana Slang

Ghanaian slang reflects the country's diverse ethnic tapestry. Akan, Ewe, and Ga languages fuse with English to create Pidgin expressions and Afrobeats-influenced street terms.

KASINARY has 1934 Ghana slang words collected from native speakers.

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