maggi [Gh.], soup seasoning (of fermented kapok (and other) seeds, other than dawadawa, considered inferior to kpaligu)

• A yi ti nya ka paɣa ŋun ka kpaligu nyɛlindi guŋa nyin' baŋmi ni kantɔŋ ka o bɔra. If you see a woman who lacks dawadawa maggi and she is going around a kapok tree you should know that she is looking for kapok maggi.
• bɛ zaŋdi gumboɣu maa mi n-niŋdi kantɔŋ. Kantɔŋ ŋmani la kpaligu. they use the kapok seeds to make kapok 'maggi' - this is like dawadawa 'maggi'.
• Tukpila gba niŋdi kantɔŋ. Baobab seeds also make 'maggi'.

tree [sp.], kapok tree. (Ceiba pentandra)