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akara

See also: akāra, ākara, and ākāra

English

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Akara

Etymology

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Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.əɹ.ə/, /-ɑɹ-/, /-ɑ/

Noun

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akara (plural akara)

  1. (Nigeria) A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.

Chachi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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akara

  1. macaw (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

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From akaanu (“cook”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

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akara

  1. cooked

References

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  • 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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Etymology

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From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔà.kà.ɽà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.kə̀.ɽə̀]

Noun

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àkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)

  1. a deep-fried bean cake
    Synonym: ƙōsai

Igbo

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Noun

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akara

  1. alternative form of akala

Krio

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Etymology

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From Yoruba àkàrà.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àkàrà

  1. a kind of cake made from rice flour and banana

References

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  1. ^ Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7

Pali

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Alternative scripts

Verb

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akara

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect active of karoti (“to do”)

Principense

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FWOTD – 3 June 2014

Pronunciation

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Noun

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akara

  1. fried banana slices

References

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  • “akara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.

Wolof

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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akara (definite form akara bi)

  1. bean cake, fried bean flour

Yoruba

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Àkàrà

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àkàrà

  1. a deep-fried ball made of beans

Synonyms

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Yoruba varieties and languages: àkàrà (“akara”)
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Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búàkàrà
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeàkàrà
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́àkàrà
Ìkòròdúàkàrà
Ṣágámùàkàrà
Oǹdóìkàà, àkàà
Oǹdóìkàà, àkàà
Ìtsẹkírìàkàrà
Ìwẹrẹàkàrà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)ìkàrà, àkàrà
Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)ìkàrà, àkàrà
Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)ìkàrà
Iléṣà (Uléṣà)ìkàrà
Òkè Igbóàkàrà
Òkè Igbóàkàrà
Northwest YorubaÀwórìàkàrà
Èbúté Mẹ́tààkàrà
Ẹ̀gbáàkàrà
Abẹ́òkútaàkàrà
Èkóàkàrà
Èkóàkàrà
Ìbàdànàkàrà
Ìbàdànàkàrà
Ìbàràpáàkàrà
Igbó Òrààkàrà
Ìbọ̀lọ́àkàrà
Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)àkàrà
Ìlọrinàkàrà
Ìlọrinàkàrà
OǹkóÒtùàkàrà
Ìwéré Iléàkàrà
Òkèhòàkàrà
Ìsẹ́yìnàkàrà
Ṣakíàkàrà
Tedéàkàrà
Ìgbẹ́tìàkàrà
Ọ̀yọ́àkàrà
Ọ̀yọ́àkàrà
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríààkàrà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀àkàrà
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéàkàrà
Kabbaàkàrà
Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréìkàrà
Atakpamɛìkàrà
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.

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