akara

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àkàrà

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

Pali

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Verb

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akara

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

Principense

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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/LanguageLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeàkàrà
Ìkòròdúàkàrà
Ṣágámùàkàrà
Ẹ̀pẹ́àkàrà
OǹdóOǹdóìkàà, àkàà
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹàkàrà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Àkúrẹ́ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà
Ọ̀tùn 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

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