man (human male as distinguished from woman), good man, brave man

• Yɛntɔri daa ti gbani la o ba tooni dahinshɛli n-suhi ni o chɛ ka o gba bo doo kuli One day Yentori knelt before her father and begged him to let her also find a man to marry.
• dɔbba kɔŋko kalinli daa nyɛla tuh’ kɔbisiyɔbu m-pahi paɣiba mini bihi 'There were about six hundred thousand men, not counting women and children.'.
• doo maa daa zona yomyom ti yɛli Ɛli di ni nyɛ shɛm the man ran quickly and told Eli how it was.
• dobba ayi ni ti be puu ni two men will be at the farm.
• Chinchaŋga yi pa doo, nyin’ zanimi o zaashee maa ka a nya. If meat that is being roasted on a fire is not brave, you take its place and you will see what it is like.
• bamiya zani kaman dɔbba la n-tuhi ba stand firm like men, and face them!
• Nasara zabili ni zooi dabba. The side that is victorious in a war is the one that has many brave warriors.
• Naanʒili tɔɣisi doo ku wali zuuni. The naanzili tree (with pods like the dawadawa pods) imitates a dawadawa tree, but it can’t produce the black seeds in the dawadawa pods.
• Doo nyɛ la ti’ gahindili tihi puuni, ka mali anfaani pam. The dawadawa is a very special tree and has many uses.
• Dagbɔŋ kali soli zuɣu tia ŋɔ mali la nam ka bɛ diri li. Dina n-nyɛ “Dɔhi naa”. According to the traditional ways of Dagbong, this tree has a chieftaincy, that they can be awarded. This is Dawadawa-trees Chief.
• Yiŋ’ doo ni kaɣili ŋmaaŋa. A dawadawa tree that is near a house will be a problem for the monkey.
• Doo tibiri puuni doro mini muliŋme (puuni mini nyiriga ni yuma). Dawadawa cures stomach (? womb-)pains and muliŋme (sores in the belly and anus/womb and vagina).

a man as husband, husband

• (bɛ) kpuɣiri paɣiba, ka zaŋdi bɛ bipuɣinsi tiri dobba (they) were taking wives and giving their daughters to husbands.

a male (especially in discussing sex of a baby)

• Paɣa yi dɔɣi biya, bɛ kpalindi la kpaliŋga. Kpaliŋgi ŋɔ puuni ka bɛ baŋdi ni bii maa nyɛla paɣa bee doo. When a woman gives birth, they cry it in public. The cry makes it clear if the child is a girl or a boy.
• O daa nam ba la doo mini paɣa. He created them male and female.

dawadawa tree (Parkia sp.)

• Alaasan du doo maa (Alhassan has climbed the dawadawa tree)