akamu

Naija

Etymology

From: Igbo (pap)

Pronunciation

• àkàmù

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Noun

• Food wey de make from corn, millet and jiru, wey be sey dey go soak am con leave am make e tay small, con comot di back. When de don sieve am, de go con use hot water make am. E dey soft well well wen de make am finish.

• I dey like beans and akamu for morning.  — (I like eating beans and pap in the morning.)
• akamu na children food.  — (NSC_2020, Pap is food for children not adult.)

Translation

• English: pap

Adjective

1. Wetin dem dey call man wey no get power

   • di man na akamu e be jare, see as woman cary am up knack am for ground gbosa.  — (NSC_2020, The man is very lazy. A woman lifted him up and smashed him on the floor.)
   • Any girl wey marry man wey be akamu go suffer.  — (NSC_2020, A girl married to a man who is not manly will suffer.)

2. When matter no go hard dem settle.

   You say di girl no gree your matter? Ol'boy, na akamu matter be dat  — (The girl has refused to date you? that is a small problem brother)

   • When God don ready to help person, village people wahala na akamu matter for am.  — (NSC_2020, When God is ready to uplift a man,to eliminate ancestoral problem is quite easy for him.)

Translations

• English: lazy, weak, soft, easy