akara

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba: akara (bean cake)

Pronunciation

• àkàrà

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Noun

• Food wey dem dey make from beans wey dem grind, mix am with pepper, onions and crayfish, con fry small small like ball.

• Since dem born me, I never see who sabi fry akara like Ijesha women.  — (NSC_2020. For as long as I can remember, nobody fries beanballs better than the Ijesha women.)
• If I eat akara, I go dey mess.  — (If I eat fried beanballs, I fart uncontrollably.)
• Na every time e dey buy akara give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma.  — (katakata__834, He sends beanballs to Ezinma regularly and sends it to her through Ekwefi. )

Translation

• English: akara, bean cake

Adjective

• Make someting no serious.

• comot for here! You think say na akamu and akara matter na im we dey talk for here?  — (Leave here! do you suppose the matter at hand is for children?)
• You know, we dey go akara school dat time.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days, we attended schools for little children.)

Translations

• English: childish, irrelevant