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==Naija==
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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etymology:Yoruba
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From Yoruba: ''akara'' (''bean cake'')
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1820
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 11
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7467
 
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The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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akara: fried bean balls -- Definition in Naija?
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* Food wey dem dey make from beans wey dem grind, mix am with pepper, onions and crayfish, con fry small small like ball.
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:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(If I eat fried beanballs, I fart uncontrollably.)}}
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:* {{ux|dv| 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. )}}
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#: {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(If I eat fried beans balls, I will be farting anyhow.)}}
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====Translation====
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# - (frequency:7)
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* English: ''akara'', ''bean cake''
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#: {{ux|dv|You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, You know, we went schools for the sake of eating akara [bean cake] at that time.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na every time e dey buy '''akara''' give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. |(katakata__834, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|we go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and '''akara'''. |(NST_cleaned__41267, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|We go come go... we go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and '''akara'''. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__128, Then we'd go... we'd drop one kobo each into a bowl to eat bread and akara.)}}
 
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* liquid 0.72 13, oxytocin 0.71 8, 866 0.70 6, vagina 0.70 28, chips 0.70 22, hormones 0.69 11, sti 0.69 7, biscuit 0.69 13, premature 0.69 28
 
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====Antonymes====
 
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* liquid 0.72 13, oxytocin 0.71 8, 866 0.70 6, vagina 0.70 28, chips 0.70 22, hormones 0.69 11, sti 0.69 7, biscuit 0.69 13, premature 0.69 28
 
  
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===Adjective===
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* Make someting no serious.
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:* {{ux|dv| 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?)}}
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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.)}}
 
====Translations====
 
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* English: fried bean balls
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* English: ''childish'', ''irrelevant''

Latest revision as of 20:49, 13 February 2024

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
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