akara
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]akara (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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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]akara
- macaw (clarification of this definition is needed)
Etymology 2
[edit]From akaanu (“cook”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]akara
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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)
- a deep-fried bean cake
- Synonym: ƙōsai
Igbo
[edit]Noun
[edit]akara
- Alternative form of akala
Krio
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àkàrà
Pali
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Verb
[edit]akara
Principense
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]akara
- fried banana slices
References
[edit]- “akara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.
Wolof
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]akara (definite form akara bi)
Yoruba
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àkàrà
- a deep-fried ball made of beans
Synonyms
[edit]Yoruba Varieties and Languages - àkàrà (“akara”) | |||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | àkàrà |
Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | àkàrà | |||
Ìkòròdú | àkàrà | ||||
Ṣágámù | àkàrà | ||||
Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ìkàà, àkàà | |||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àkàrà | |||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà |
Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà | |||
Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà | |||
Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ìkàrà, àkàrà | |||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | 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 (Òsogbo) | àkàrà | |||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | àkàrà | |||
Oǹkó | Òtù | àkàrà | |||
Ìwéré Ilé | àkàrà | ||||
Òkèhò | àkàrà | ||||
Ìsẹ́yìn | àkàrà | ||||
Ṣakí | àkàrà | ||||
Tedé | àkàrà | ||||
Ìgbẹ́tì | àkàrà | ||||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | àkàrà | |||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | àkàrà | |||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | àkàrà | ||||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | àkàrà | ||
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìkàrà | ||
Atakpamɛ | ìkàrà | ||||
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ìkàrà | ||||
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. |
Derived terms
[edit]- àkàrà òyìnbó (“cake”)
- alákàrà (“akara seller”)
Descendants
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