Difference between revisions of "akara"
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#na food wey dem dey make from beans wey dem grind, come fry smal smal like ball. | #na food wey dem dey make from beans wey dem grind, come fry smal smal like ball. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv| Since dem born me, I never see who sabi fry '''akara''' like Ijesha women. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020. For as long as I can remember, nobody fries akara better than the Ijesha women.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Since dem born me, I never see who sabi fry '''akara''' like Ijesha women. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020. For as long as I can remember, nobody fries akara better than the Ijesha women.)}} | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, | + | #:* {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, I fart uncontrollable.)}} |
#:* {{ux|dv| Na every time e dey buy '''akara''' give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. |(katakata__834, He sends bean balls to Ezinma regularly and sends it to her through Ekwefi. )}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Na every time e dey buy '''akara''' give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. |(katakata__834, He sends bean balls to Ezinma regularly and sends it to her through Ekwefi. )}} | ||
#Na when someting no serious, e be like for small small pikin ting. | #Na when someting no serious, e be like for small small pikin ting. | ||
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#:* {{ux|dv| You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days, we attended schools for little children.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days, we attended schools for little children.)}} | ||
===Derived form=== | ===Derived form=== | ||
| − | akara Ijesha. | + | *akara Ijesha. |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''fried bean balls'' | * English: ''fried bean balls'' | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 7 December 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba( bean cake)
Pronunciation
- àkàrà
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1820
- Frequency in raw corpus: 11
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7467
Noun
- na food wey dem dey make from beans wey dem grind, come fry smal smal like ball.
- Since dem born me, I never see who sabi fry akara like Ijesha women. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. For as long as I can remember, nobody fries akara better than the Ijesha women.)
- If I eat akara, I go dey mess. — (Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, I fart uncontrollable.)
- Na every time e dey buy akara give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. — (katakata__834, He sends bean balls to Ezinma regularly and sends it to her through Ekwefi. )
- Na when someting no serious, e be like for small small pikin ting.
- comot for here! You think say na akamu and akara matter we dey talk for here? — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. 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.)
Derived form
- akara Ijesha.
Translations
- English: fried bean balls