akara
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editakara (plural akara)
- (Nigeria) A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.
- 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 547:
- Why are you buying akara that you don't want?
Chachi
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editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editakara
- macaw (clarification of this definition is needed)
Etymology 2
editFrom akaanu (“cook”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
editakara
References
edit- Lindskoog, John N., Lindskoog, Carrie A. (1964) Vocabulario cayapa (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 9)[1] (in Spanish), Quito, Ecuador: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con el Ministerio de Educación Pública, page 61
Hausa
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editàkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)
- a deep-fried bean cake
- Synonym: ƙōsai
Igbo
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editakara
- Alternative form of akala
Krio
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editàkàrà
Pali
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Verb
editakara
Principense
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editNoun
editakara
- fried banana slices
References
edit- “akara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.
Wolof
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editakara (definite form akara bi)
Yoruba
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editNoun
editàkàrà
- a deep-fried ball made of beans
Synonyms
editYoruba Varieties and Languages - àkàrà (“akara”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | àkàrà |
Ìkòròdú | àkàrà | |||
Ṣágámù | àkàrà | |||
Ẹ̀pẹ́ | àkàrà | |||
Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ìkàà, àkàà | ||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àkàrà | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà |
Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà | |||
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà | |||
Ifẹ̀ | Ilé Ifẹ̀ | ìkàrà, àkàrà | ||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | ìkàrà | ||
Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | àkàrà | ||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | àkàrà | |
Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | àkàrà | ||
Èkó | Èkó | àkàrà | ||
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | àkàrà | ||
Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | àkàrà | ||
Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | àkàrà | ||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | àkàrà | ||
Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | àkàrà | ||
Ìwàjówà LGA | àkàrà | |||
Kájọlà LGA | àkàrà | |||
Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | àkàrà | |||
Ṣakí West LGA | àkàrà | |||
Atisbo LGA | àkàrà | |||
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | àkàrà | |||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | àkàrà | ||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | àkàrà | ||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | àkàrà | |||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | àkàrà | |
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìkàrà | |
Atakpamé | ìkàrà | |||
Tchetti | ìkàrà |
Derived terms
edit- àkàrà òyìnbó (“cake”)
- alákàrà (“akara seller”)
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