Difference between revisions of "akamu"
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===Noun=== | ===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. | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|I dey like beans and '''akamu''' for morning. |(I like eating beans and pap in the morning.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|'''akamu''' na children food. |(Pap is food for children not adult.)}} | |
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| − | + | * English: ''pap'' | |
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| − | * | + | #Wetin dem dey call man wey no get power |
| + | #:*{{ux|dv|di man na '''akamu''' e be jare, see as woman cary am up knack am for ground gbosa. |(The man is very lazy. A woman lifted him up and smashed him on the floor.)}} | ||
| + | #:*{{ux|dv|Any girl wey marry man wey be '''akamu''' go suffer. |(A girl married to a man who is not manly will suffer.)}} | ||
| + | #When matter no go hard dem settle. | ||
| + | #: {{ux|dv|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)}} | ||
| + | #:*{{ux|dv|When God don ready to help person, village people wahala na '''akamu''' matter for am. |( When God is ready to uplift a man, eliminating ancestral problems is is quite easy for him.)}} | ||
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English: ''lazy'', ''weak'', ''soft'', ''easy'' |
Latest revision as of 20:48, 13 February 2024
Naija
Etymology
From: Igbo (pap)
Pronunciation
- àkàmù
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. — (Pap is food for children not adult.)
Translation
- English: pap
Adjective
- 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. — (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. — (A girl married to a man who is not manly will suffer.)
- 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. — ( When God is ready to uplift a man, eliminating ancestral problems is is quite easy for him.)
- 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)
Translations
- English: lazy, weak, soft, easy