ackee
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈækiː/, /əˈkiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iː (one pronunciation)
Noun
[edit]ackee (countable and uncountable, plural ackees)
- A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
- 1883, Daniel Morris, chapter 7, in The Colony of British Honduras, Its Resources and Prospects[1], London: Edward Stanford, page 113:
- The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize.
- 2009, Staceyann Chin, “In My Father’s House”, in The Other Side of Paradise[2], New York: Scribner, page 25:
- Delano and I are sprawled out under the ackee tree watching the black ants march from one rotten ackee pod to the next.
- The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
- Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 7, in Small Island[3], London: Review, pages 104–105:
- The fleshy sacks that dangled down between his legs, like rotting ackees, wobbled.
Translations
[edit]tree
fruit
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ackee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Blighia sapida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
[edit]Jamaican Creole
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Akan aŋkye or Kuwaa a-kee.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ackee (plural ackee dem, quantified ackee)
- An ackee.
- Nuttn nuh nice like ackee and saltfish an' fry dumplin' fi breakfast.
- There's nothing better than ackee and salted codfish with fried dumplings for breakfast.
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with Bajan ackee (Melicoccus bijugatus or its fruit; mamoncillo).
References
[edit]- ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 9
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