the Paramount Chief

• Yaa-Naa daa yi ʒini Yani gbandi zuɣu, niriba tir’ o la paɣaba. Once the Yaa-Naa is installed on the Yendi skins, people give him wives.
• Yaa-Naa Andanibila daa laɣim la Dagbɔŋ tɔb’ bihi ka bɛ lɔ tɔbu n-gu Jaamaninim’ maa soli. Yaa-Naa Andanbila mustered the warriors of Dagbong to give battle to the Germans as they advanced.
• lala Yaa-Naa maa daa piig’ o n-ti ʒili nimaani that Yaa-Naa chose him and installed him there.
• Voggu nyɛla Ya-Nabihi tiŋ’ gahindili shɛli din be Tolon-Kumbungu yaɣili. Vogu is the most important of the Yendi Princedoms which is in the Toon-Kumbungu