akara

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See also: akāra, ākara, and ākāra

English

Akara

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

akara (plural akara)

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

Chachi

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

akara

  1. macaw (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

akara

  1. cooked

References

  • Lindskoog, John N., Lindskoog, Carrie A. (1964) Vocabulario cayapa (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 9)‎ (in Spanish), Quito, Ecuador: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con el Ministerio de Educación Pública, page 61

Hausa

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

Noun

àkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)

  1. a deep-fried bean cake
    Synonym: ƙōsai

Igbo

Noun

akara

  1. Alternative form of akala

Krio

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

Noun

àkàrà

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

akara

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

Principense

Pronunciation

Noun

akara

  1. fried banana slices

References

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

Wolof

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

Noun

akara (definite form akara bi)

  1. bean cake, fried bean flour

Yoruba

Àkàrà

Pronunciation

Noun

àkàrà

  1. a deep-fried ball made of beans

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - àkàrà (akara)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeàkàrà
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́àkàrà
Ìkòròdúàkàrà
Ṣágámùàkàrà
OǹdóOǹdóìkàà, àkàà
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹàkàrà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀ìkàrà, àkàrà
Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàìkàrà
Òkè IgbóÒkè Igbóàkàrà
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tààkàrà
Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaàkàrà
ÈkóÈkóàkàrà
ÌbàdànÌbàdànàkàrà
ÌbàràpáIgbó Òrààkàrà
Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboàkàrà
ÌlọrinÌlọrinàkàrà
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAàkàrà
Ìwàjówà LGAàkàrà
Kájọlà LGAàkàrà
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAàkàrà
Ṣakí West LGAàkàrà
Atisbo LGAàkàrà
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAàkàrà
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́àkàrà
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríààkàrà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀àkàrà
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaàkàrà
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréìkàrà
Atakpaméìkàrà
Tchettiìkàrà
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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